ARARAT'S Brady Miller will miss the Rats' next three matches of the Wimmera Football League season after he was handed a three-match suspension by the tribunal.
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Miller was charged with making forceful, front-on contact to Dimboola's Torin Petrie in round five.
The tribunal took a stance against an aspect of the game that has polarised the football community.
The ban will see Miller sit out this week's big clash with Horsham, along with games against Minyip-Murtoa and Warrack Eagles.
AFL Western Victoria general manager Stephen McQueen said it was important players understood the dangers of high contact.
"The tribunal and AFL Victoria are taking these head-high bumps very seriously, especially after several incidents in 2014 left players with life-long crippling injuries," he said.
McQueen said luck played a part in whether a player could walk away from such collisions.
"They might not seem like dangerous incidents but they are potentially life-threatening," he said.
"The difference between walking away and being seriously injured is minimal.
"We need to stamp it out of the game because it's not on."
