marky wrote:It would still have been a sending off though, and Torquay may well still have scored from the free kick.
DawZi wrote:i always say you win some you lose some with referees goes around comes around but i just do not agree with letter of the law by punishing a player twice with a sending off aswell
Players may no longer be sent off for fouls which deny an obvious goal-scoring opportunity if the referee gives a penalty as well, under a proposal submitted to the game's rulemaking body.
There has been a growing chorus of opinion that the punishment is too harsh - a penalty, a red card for the defender and a subsequent suspension.
FIFA have submitted the item to the International FA Board meeting on March 6 and the outcome may be that the offence is downgraded to a yellow card if a penalty is awarded.
The IFAB agenda says the FIFA submission is "to discuss sending-off offences, particularly the triple punishment (penalty kick, red card, player suspension) that results when a player denies an obvious goal-scoring opportunity to the opposing team".
The IFAB is made up of the four home nations, who each have one vote, and FIFA, who have four.
Any rule change needs a minimum of six votes in favour.
Keith wrote:freeze-frame may show the contact was just outside the area but it also shows that Andy did have an arm on their guy, so it was a foul and therefore red card. The fact that the linesman flagged to give the right decision (the foul) means he is doing his job. It was so close to the area that you can understand why that bit went against us. I watched it at full speed three times and wasn't surprised at the decision. In fact the only surprise is that the ref didn't give a decision to start with.
As for the straight red, for those who are a bit younger, the rule was introduced to stop 'professional fouls' where defenders literally rugby tackled attackers and only conceded a penalty and a yellow card or defenders dived full stretch to handle a ball that was going in the goal. That is pretty much long gone now. The rule could be changed and refs left with the 'option' of a straight red if they felt there was definite intent to stop a goal being scored.
outsider wrote:That was due to the tangle of legs caused by him cutting back infront of Pazzer and making him fall, so it was accidental. If your driving and get cut up who's to blame? you or the Twit who cuts infront of you?
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