The “blue card” arrives in football. An attempt to better regulate the game
The game's legislators, the International Football Association Board (Ifab), have approved what would be the first new card to be used in the sport since the advent of yellow and red cards at the 1970 World Cup: here comes the Blue Cards, as The Telegraph explains in a preview.
The revolutionary move will be announced by the Ifab as part of its warning protocols which will see players removed from the pitch for 10 minutes if they commit a cynical foul or show dissent towards a match official.
The Football Association of Wales had envisaged the use of a blue card when trialling cautions in grassroots competitions this season, choosing this color over orange to clearly differentiate it from a yellow or red card, but the move was not had been officially approved and therefore only the use of the yellow card remained.
Two blues equal one red
The new protocol announced on Friday will limit the new card to fouls that prevent a promising attack and dissent against the referee, as well as confirming that a player must be shown a red card if he receives two blue cards during a match or a combination of yellows it's blue.
High-level competitions will be excluded from initial testing in the professional game if protocols need further refinement, but elite testing could still begin as early as the summer. These could include the FA Cup and Women's FA Cup, with the Football Association likely to consider testing next season's competitions.
An attempt to put a stop to annoying disputes on the field, but will it work? and above all, will it serve to bring back a bit of sport in the midst of what has become just a show?
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