Joel Selwood is prepared to change his tackling technique after accepting a one-match ban for a chicken-wing grab on North Melbourne's Sam Wright which the Geelong skipper and his coach Chris Scott admit was a bad look for the AFL.
Selwood will now miss Saturday's crucial home clash with the Western Bulldogs.
He would have risked a two-game sanction had he unsuccessfully challenged the charge by the match review panel at the tribunal.
"I was very disappointed in the way it ended up looking," Selwood told CatsTV.
"If you slow-mo it, I agree it's not a great look for the game.
"I really take in what Sam said, that I didn't try to be malicious in the tackle."
Selwood acknowledged all players needed to be prepared to change their approach, depending on how the rules were adjudged.
Scott said the decision for Selwood to accept the early guilty plea for rough conduct was a big-picture approach by both the player and the club.
"I think we have a responsibility to the game to accept the MRP's ruling on that one and move on," Scott said on Tuesday.
"If that discourages that type of thing then I think we should play our part and so does Joel.
"It's obviously a big decision for us as a footy club because we have got an important game on the weekend and Joel is obviously a very important part of our team.
"But on balance we think it's the right thing."
The tribunal was not required to sit on Tuesday night after all players charged in round 15 accepted early guilty pleas.
Richmond ruck-forward Ty Vickery will miss two matches for a high bump that concussed Carlton fullback Michael Jamison.
Collingwood midfielder Taylor Adams will also sit out the next two games for kneeing Port Adelaide's Justin Westhoff in the head.
North Melbourne forward Drew Petrie was suspended for one game for striking Geelong's Andrew Mackie.
Brownlow Medal favourite Nat Fyfe from Fremantle, Sydney's Jeremy Laidler, Saints ruckman Billy Longer and Hawthorn onballer Sam Mitchell were fined for various offences.
As was the case with Selwood, Mitchell said he would alter his approach after being fined $1000 for again raising his knee, this time in an altercation with Fyfe.
"It's not my intention in that situation to hurt the other person, it's purely just to protect myself," he said.
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