US EditionFIFA rules panel scraps plan for blue cards. Recipients would have gone to ‘sin bin’
- FIFA president Infantino announced the rejection of blue cards in soccer, eliminating the idea proposed for referees to remove players temporarily.
- Sin bins were introduced to reduce dissent in grassroots soccer, unpopular with English Premier League coaches fearing negative tactics.
- IFAB extended sin bin trials for low-level games, considering wider applications based on trial impacts in the future.
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FIFA rules panel scraps plan for blue cards. Idea was to send players to 'sin bin'
LOCH LOMOND, Scotland (AP) — There will be no blue cards shown in soccer, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Saturday ahead of the annual meeting of the sport's rule-making panel.
Controversial blue card idea to be SCRAPPED but sin bins are still on the table
BLUE cards look set for a RED card on Saturday – but sin-bins WILL be trialled. The proposal for a third card for sin-bin offences of dissent and cynical “anti-football action” fouls caused global controversy when it emerged last month. The idea for a blue card to be introduced is set to be scrappedAFP Spooked Law makers on the International FA Board then rowed back from a planned reveal of the idea. And at Saturday’s annual general meeting of t…
FIFA rules panel scraps plan for blue cards that would send players to 'sin bins'
LOCH LOMOND, Scotland — There will be no blue cards shown in soccer, FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Saturday ahead of the annual meeting of the sport’s rule-making panel. The rules panel known as IFAB is due to look at extending trials of “sin bins” at low-level games. But beyond that, the idea aired one month ago of adding blue cards to referees’ pockets with their red and yellow to remove players from the field for several minutes has be…
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