Mouth covering, during confrontation, red card

[bester]

The IFAB unanimously approves red card for players covering their mouths to conceal discriminatory behaviour

At a Special Meeting held in Vancouver, Canada, The IFAB unanimously approved two FIFA-proposed Law amendments to address discriminatory and inappropriate behaviour.

inside.fifa.com

 

[es1]

Focusing on the big issues, like it

 

[socal lurker]

I'm not a huge fan of these provisions that are at the discretion of the competition authority.

But, if adopted by the competition, does that really mean that a player who steps over the touchline while complaining to the AR about an OS flag?!

 

[one]

According to BBC the decision remains at the absolute discretion of the referee, who will consider all circumstances before issuing a red card.

 

[socal lurker]

In other words, FIFA/IFAB get to say “see, we’re solving the problem” by creating “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” scenarios for referees. The more I think about this, the worse I think it is.

 

[Archer]

They’ll ban you for saying BOLLLOCKS while burping next! Game’s gone.

 

[ChasObserverRefDeveloper]

I suspect that the IFAB decision was made after the nonsense in Africa, rather than Tank asking the Dog and Duck Reserves AR "Are you sure, lino?" about a throw in decision

 

[socal lurker]

I suspect that the IFAB decision was made after the nonsense in Africa, rather than Tank asking the Dog and Duck Reserves AR "Are you sure, lino?" about a throw in decision

Undoubtedly. It's regulatory theater arising from the two big incidents lately. Seems to create more issues than it solves.

 

[bester]

Is a player going to be sent-off if they walk off to protest that they feel the referee hasn't dealt with a racism allegation effectively?