Burnwinter wrote:
Why focus on the example of a laughably unjust yellow-to-red like that though?
As Qs says, you'd be better off thinking about the weird disruptions to every match from regular old yellow cards that this rule would bring. Bad and inelegant idea.
Because it's a valid example of the power that a ref already wields: he can send off a player for two extremely minor incidents and legitimately claim he had no choice, whereas with a sin bin he'd have less power in such a situation; the rules would likely only allow him to put the player off for 10-15 mins total for the two infringements.
The current rules are far more inelegant and imo if neither system was in place very few would see the yellow/red as the better system. One is far more logical: break the rules, go off the field for a period that fits the severity of the infringement, instead of break the rules, go off the field permanently or break the rules, nothing happens but if you break the rules again, off the field permanently, regardless of severity.
