FIFA

[BR0B0T]

If it ain't broke don't fix it!

FIFA should stop ******* about in these things and address what does matter like their perceived utter incompetence and the fact no one that matters has any faith or trust in them any more.

Just for the record don't they have sin bins in rugby though? Does that detract from the game at all?

Space is controlled differently in Rugby. As said above teams would
likely fallback for the duration of a football sin bin. In rugby it's going
to leave a gap somewhere

#statingTheObvsobvs

It would leave gaps though as red cards do now. With sin bans, teams would just spend more time in training working on switiching formations for the 10 mins that they have a man up to look to overload in one area to create space for the extra man elsewhere. Teams would simply find the best way to play in those situations.

I wouldn't bring it in for all yellow card offences, but for the likes of decent, diving and some forms of professional foul i.e. deliberate tugs on shirts to stop breakaways - then an orange card could be shown leading to 10 mins in the bin. 2 yellows still equal a red, as do 1 yellow and 1 orange.

try it out and see....the only answer

h8 it when we all try and 'logic' something out.

[Stranded]

Couldn't agree more.

This conversation probably happens everytime something is changed and it normally has no detriment to the game and often improves it.

[Ian Royal]

Time wasting would be taken to new extremes if sin bins were brought in

Presumably resulting in more sin-binning.

Have more than 3 players sin binned at once, forfeit the game.

[Winston Smith]

Space is controlled differently in Rugby. As said above teams would
likely fallback for the duration of a football sin bin. In rugby it's going
to leave a gap somewhere

#statingTheObvsobvs

It would leave gaps though as red cards do now. With sin bans, teams would just spend more time in training working on switiching formations for the 10 mins that they have a man up to look to overload in one area to create space for the extra man elsewhere. Teams would simply find the best way to play in those situations.

I wouldn't bring it in for all yellow card offences, but for the likes of decent, diving and some forms of professional foul i.e. deliberate tugs on shirts to stop breakaways - then an orange card could be shown leading to 10 mins in the bin. 2 yellows still equal a red, as do 1 yellow and 1 orange.

try it out and see....the only answer

h8 it when we all try and 'logic' something out.

I'll logic you out if you are not careful

[Winston Biscuit]

Infantino saying he wants to lift the ban on Russia

"We have to, because this ban has not achieved anything, it has just created more frustration and hatred,"

"Having girls and boys from Russia being able to play football games in other parts of Europe would help."

"We should actually never ban any country from playing football because of the acts of their political leaders,"

what a helmet

[South Coast Royal]

Rather sad to see that this topic was raised by EIL (RIP).

[Uke]

Infantino saying he wants to lift the ban on Russia

"We have to, because this ban has not achieved anything, it has just created more frustration and hatred,"

"Having girls and boys from Russia being able to play football games in other parts of Europe would help."

"We should actually never ban any country from playing football because of the acts of their political leaders,"

what a compromised asset

C4Y

[Hendo]

Yeah, this and the "Peace Award" feel very brown envelop-y.

[Stranded]

He may want them back in but would any nation supporting Ukraine really be prepared to play them? Especially in Russia?

I think there needs to be a firm rule on what constitutes a country being banned to avoid confusion going forward as to why country A is banned but country B isn't but if a country is an aggressor, then all soft power options need to be used to try and bring them in line and a ban from international sports for as long as is needed is one of those options.

I don't think its a surprise this is coming up with the WC in the US - the IOC making similar noise when their next summer Olympics is also in the US.