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?<\/p>\n
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<\/span> occurrence I\u2019ve seen this year. That results in a lot of yellow cards and a lot of teams playing short.<\/p>\n The old prescription was to award a new penalty 10-meters forward. Why the change in enforcement? The law book doesn\u2019t say anything about a yellow card for this type of infringement. Here is the sanction (underline<\/span> mine) for Law 21.7 WHAT THE OPPOSING TEAM MUST DO AT A PENALTY KICK:<\/p>\n Sanction: Any infringement by the opposing team results in a second penalty kick, 10 metres in front of the mark for the first kick.<\/span> 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.<\/span><\/p>\n Let\u2019s go back to keeping players on the pitch. By all means, penalize them, give the 10-meters and let\u2019s get on with it.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n