The International Football Association Board [IFAB] will consider introducing sin-bins in professional football if reports are to be believed.
According to Sky Sports, IFAB will published the detailed protocols for the trials on Friday.
The new ruling will include referees dishing out blue cards, which means players will be sent off for 10 minutes for dissent or cynical fouls.
My instant reaction to this is at least Bruno Fernandes will be full of energy every second 10 minutes.
Jokes aside, I think the biggest issue with officiating right now is not just the referees themselves, but VAR has been a disaster. It needs changing.
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Either it’s yellow or red ! What are they doing to THE BEAUTIFUL GAME !! There will be “different interpretations ” by referees and inconsistency like VAR !! It’s game of pass, shoot ,score or defend, counter, score. How many “blue cards” will you get? Leave the GAME ALONE! Get rid of the THEATRICS ,TIME WASTING and “RUGBY STYLE TACKLES.!! “
Absolutely – completely dumb idea. They’ve supposedly been trying to stamp out dissent with a yellow; the ‘punishment’ now will be to be out of the game for 10 minutes. Ditto cynical fouls (potential leg-breakers): “take him out – we’ll have you back in a few minutes.”
I honestly can’t see any positive side to this.
Dumb, dumb, dumb.