The 'Respect' Campaign
Discussion
Well, that's working...not (again)
Another season, another demonstration of how highly paid footballers cannot behave in a civilised or honest fashion. Diving, feigning injury and abusing match officials.
What to do? Surely the answer lies with the match officials?
Quoting from the official FIFA 'Laws Of The Game' pdf...
Cautionable offences
A player is cautioned and shown the yellow card if he commits any of the
following seven offences:
• unsporting behaviour
• dissent by word or action
• persistent infringement of the Laws of the Game
• delaying the restart of play
• failure to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a corner
kick, free kick or throw-in
• entering or re-entering the fi eld of play without the referee’s permission
• deliberately leaving the fi eld of play without the referee’s permission
LAW 12 – FOULS AND MISCONDUCT
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A substitute or substituted player is cautioned if he commits any of the
following three offences:
• unsporting behaviour
• dissent by word or action
• delaying the restart of play
Sending-off offences
A player, substitute or substituted player is sent off if he commits any of the
following seven offences:
• serious foul play
• violent conduct
• spitting at an opponent or any other person
• denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goalscoring opportunity
by deliberately handling the ball (this does not apply to a goalkeeper within
his own penalty area)
• denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity to an opponent moving
towards the player’s goal by an offence punishable by a free kick or a
penalty kick
• using offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures
• receiving a second caution in the same match
Yellow or red card every time one or more of these idiots runs up to a referee shouting and swearing because they don't like a (ususally correct) decision. Covered by the highlighted text.
FIFA to grow a spine and back the refs.
Players don't get away with it in the junior leagues my lad plays in, and when I'm running the line, the refs don't tolerate any abuse of us. Why let the pros get away with it.
A couple of weeks of 20 yellows per game and the message would soon sink in, certainly a lot faster and deeper than fining a multimillionaire two weeks wages.
Another season, another demonstration of how highly paid footballers cannot behave in a civilised or honest fashion. Diving, feigning injury and abusing match officials.
What to do? Surely the answer lies with the match officials?
Quoting from the official FIFA 'Laws Of The Game' pdf...
Cautionable offences
A player is cautioned and shown the yellow card if he commits any of the
following seven offences:
• unsporting behaviour
• dissent by word or action
• persistent infringement of the Laws of the Game
• delaying the restart of play
• failure to respect the required distance when play is restarted with a corner
kick, free kick or throw-in
• entering or re-entering the fi eld of play without the referee’s permission
• deliberately leaving the fi eld of play without the referee’s permission
LAW 12 – FOULS AND MISCONDUCT
35
A substitute or substituted player is cautioned if he commits any of the
following three offences:
• unsporting behaviour
• dissent by word or action
• delaying the restart of play
Sending-off offences
A player, substitute or substituted player is sent off if he commits any of the
following seven offences:
• serious foul play
• violent conduct
• spitting at an opponent or any other person
• denying the opposing team a goal or an obvious goalscoring opportunity
by deliberately handling the ball (this does not apply to a goalkeeper within
his own penalty area)
• denying an obvious goalscoring opportunity to an opponent moving
towards the player’s goal by an offence punishable by a free kick or a
penalty kick
• using offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures
• receiving a second caution in the same match
Yellow or red card every time one or more of these idiots runs up to a referee shouting and swearing because they don't like a (ususally correct) decision. Covered by the highlighted text.
FIFA to grow a spine and back the refs.
Players don't get away with it in the junior leagues my lad plays in, and when I'm running the line, the refs don't tolerate any abuse of us. Why let the pros get away with it.
A couple of weeks of 20 yellows per game and the message would soon sink in, certainly a lot faster and deeper than fining a multimillionaire two weeks wages.
Wouldn't it be great if the next time Rooney misses a sitter or Terry mistimes a challenge then claims he got the ball the ref, both linos and the fourth official chased them round the pitch screaming in their faces telling them what a f
king they were for getting something so obvious so wrong.
At least it'd give that twerp Nani something to cry about.
king they were for getting something so obvious so wrong.At least it'd give that twerp Nani something to cry about.
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