Speaking of too many yellow cards, when did it become necessary to give a yellow card for a player tackling the ball-carrier after a quick tap penalty and before it is run 10-meters?

There seems to be an advisory to the referees to issue a yellow card in this case. The yellow card has been given for every occurrence I’ve seen this year. That results in a lot of yellow cards and a lot of teams playing short.

The old prescription was to award a new penalty 10-meters forward. Why the change in enforcement? The law book doesn’t say anything about a yellow card for this type of infringement. Here is the sanction (underline mine) for Law 21.7 WHAT THE OPPOSING TEAM MUST DO AT A PENALTY KICK:

Sanction: Any infringement by the opposing team results in a second penalty kick, 10 metres in front of the mark for the first kick. This mark must not be within 5 metres of the goal line. Any player may take the kick. The kicker may change the type of kick and may choose to kick at goal. If the referee awards a second penalty kick, the second penalty kick is not taken before the referee has made the mark indicating the place of the penalty.

Let’s go back to keeping players on the pitch. By all means, penalize them, give the 10-meters and let’s get on with it.