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I had a match on going while I observed a player with earrings. I stopped the game and asked her to take it out, she responded with 'everyone is wearing it'...
Eventually she took it out and I didn't have to use my cards.

I know that if she refuse to take it out and refuse to leave, then I have to book her according to LOTG. The question is, if she still refuse to comply after the YC, should I go with a second YC to send her off, or just let game continue?

Thanks!
 
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I mean we can’t have players wearing jewellery per the Laws of the Game so you gotta do what you gotta do but realistically you should be able to say whether you’re sent off or choose not to play because you won’t take your jewellery out, you’re not playing either way, the only difference is whether your team plays a woman down.
 
CrossRef said:
I had a match on going while I observed a player with earrings. I stopped the game and asked her to take it out, she responded with 'everyone is wearing it'...
Eventually she took it out and I didn't have to use my cards.

I know that if she refuse to take it out and refuse to leave, then I have to book her according to LOTG. The question is, if she still refuse to comply after the YC, should I go with a second YC to send her off, or just let game continue?

Thanks!
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Firstly, you should have checked players for jewellery before kick off, or before a substitute comes on.
Rather than getting to a sending off, if the player refuses to leave to take the jewellery off, use the captain or coach to make her see sense - they and the other players won't want the game abandoned for one silly player.
 
I didn't think a player could play with any type of jewellery. I check them before KO and refuse let them play unless it's removed (they soon remove it lol). I'll have to check the LOTG regarding cautioning them if it's during the match etc. I'm sure (if I had missed it prior to KO) I would have just stopped the game and told them it would have to be removed before we proceed.
 
BCMilan said:
I didn't think a player could play with any type of jewellery. I check them before KO and refuse let them play unless it's removed (they soon remove it lol). I'll have to check the LOTG regarding cautioning them if it's during the match etc. I'm sure (if I had missed it prior to KO) I would have just stopped the game and told them it would have to be removed before we proceed.
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The caution would be for refusing to leave the field of play to remove the jewellery (Law4, Section 1)
 
I'd ask them to leave to remove the jewellery. If they don't then I would issue C2 (Sin Bin) for not following my instruction. That would give them 10mins to sort out the jewellery.

I would then not allow them back on the fop until they removed the jewellery or they risk returning and getting a second C2.
 
This is also one thing I was not so sure. If she refused to leave, it is clearly a yellow card. If it is a sin-bin yellow card then it could be easy. My original question is based on the assumption that it is a normal yellow card, for example in other places where sin-bin is not practiced,
then if the player still refuse to comply after the first YC, whether I should raise a second YC again to send her off?
 
CrossRef said:
This is also one thing I was not so sure. If she refused to leave, it is clearly a yellow card. If it is a sin-bin yellow card then it could be easy. My original question is based on the assumption that it is a normal yellow card, for example in other places where sin-bin is not practiced,
then if the player still refuse to comply after the first YC, whether I should raise a second YC again to send her off?
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That would be what the refereeing fraternity call "a cheap second yellow"
Correct in law, but in terms of match control it would be better to use the captain and/or the coach to get the player to go off to sort their jewellery.
 
Feels like a bit of a push to say it is dissent, it isn't really public and it would generally be disagreeing with or protesting against a request rather than a decision. Probably not incorrect as such to do dissent, but just doesn't feel right. Although I suppose it would give them 10 minutes to remove the jewellery.
 
I find it very difficult to believe anyone would need to resort to a caution, but obviously we can't account for the stupidity of some players.
I'd have thought that 'the game is stopping and won't restart until you've removed it, so you can either do it or you can sub off', would be sufficient.
 
RefereeX said:
I find it very difficult to believe anyone would need to resort to a caution, but obviously we can't account for the stupidity of some players.
I'd have thought that 'the game is stopping and won't restart until you've removed it, so you can either do it or you can sub off', would be sufficient.
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Indeed, repeated subs definitely make things easier. They can be subbed off to sort it rather than their team having to temporarily play with 10.

I refereed a women's title decider years ago when a player was adamant she couldn't take her jewellery out, her manager overhead this discussion and said give me 2 minutes ref then walked off to his car. He came back with a set of bolt cutters, at which point, funnily enough, the player decided she could remove it.
 
Really simple for me. Before kick off, no problem let me know if you are naming another sub as you obviously cannot play. During play they leave the field and down to ten men until it is removed or the player is substituted. Firm but fair.
 
There was a situation locally that lead to a game being abandoned due to jewellery not being removed. I know the ref his coach and the manager of the team quite well and there were two very different narratives being told. The ref is now apparently the busiest ref ever and should have just let the teams play football, and he laughs every time it comes up in conversation.

Edit: should add before anyone asks, abandoned due to one team refusing to play because the guy would not take off a bracelet
 
How do you all handle "religious bracelets" or "religious exclusions" or medical alert bracelets? Do just require them to be taped down...even though the Laws say that jewelry can't be taped down?
 
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