Should this New Rule be introduced?

[THFC6061]

Here's the situation:

A player from Rovers makes a bad tackle on a player from Town.

The Town player is injured and needs treatment off the field, while the Rovers player is given a yellow card.

During the time spent when the injured Town player is being treated, Rovers have a one man advantage, which clearly isn't fair.

Should the Rovers player be forced to go off the field and only return when the injured Town player is ready to rejoin the match or is substituted?

Your views please, gentlemen.

 

[Spursalot]

No, it would be abused. Players would no longer be rushed back onto the pitch.


Example. We are playing Chelsea, we are 2-1 up with 15 minutes to go. Mata makes a bad tackle on Ade. Mata gets booked, Ade needs treatment.

We would take our time over the treatment, why allow Chelsea's best asset to go back on the pitch? We would be abusing the rule. It would be impossible to stop us abusing the rule.


You could have neutral physios during the match, however if Ade says he is not ready to go back on the pitch, than the physio will not force him to get back on the pitch.



A straight 'five minute off the pitch for a yellow card' would be far more feasible.

 

[braineclipse]

No, it would be abused. Players would no longer be rushed back onto the pitch.


Example. We are playing Chelsea, we are 2-1 up with 15 minutes to go. Mata makes a bad tackle on Ade. Mata gets booked, Ade needs treatment.

We would take our time over the treatment, why allow Chelsea's best asset to go back on the pitch? We would be abusing the rule. It would be impossible to stop us abusing the rule.


You could have neutral physios during the match, however if Ade says he is not ready to go back on the pitch, than the physio will not force him to get back on the pitch.



A straight 'five minute off the pitch for a yellow card' would be far more feasible.

Agreed. It would probably also be exploited by teams that are facing well organized teams when not in the lead. Making the game 10 against 10 for a while would probably favour the team looking for a goal. Particularly if you could take a centre back out of play for a bit for example.

 

[Juicebox]

In this scenario what would happen if the injured player is forced off due to injury, would the booked player still have to stay off the pitch?

 

[zin]

In this scenario what would happen if the injured player is forced off due to injury, would the booked player still have to stay off the pitch?

and what if all substitutions had already been made?

 

[Spursalot]

and what if all substitutions had already been made?

and what if the player receiving the yellow card is a goalkeeper

 

[Rorschach]

Sin bin like rugby might work.

 

[jts1882]

I don't think a sin bin would work in football. In rugby the man advantage gives a huge advantage and teams typically get something like 10 points.

In football teams can easily adjust by going defensive. We see it all the time. Red cards only have a major influence when early and the team tires from the extra work. For a short sin bin they could make the extra effort.

However, it might work to stop serial fouling to take out an opponent (e.g. Fergie's masterclass on Lennon a few years ago). If the referee had the guts to sinbin several players it would be a serious deterrent.

On the issue in the OP, it would be a nice idea if teams played fair, but as mentioned it would be abused. There is enough incentive for attacking players to simulate fouls and injures without adding the incentive of getting the defender off the pitch while he takes a breather.

 

[Bullet]

I don't think a sin bin would work in football. In rugby the man advantage gives a huge advantage and teams typically get something like 10 points.

In football teams can easily adjust by going defensive. We see it all the time. Red cards only have a major influence when early and the team tires from the extra work. For a short sin bin they could make the extra effort.

However, it might work to stop serial fouling to take out an opponent (e.g. Fergie's masterclass on Lennon a few years ago). If the referee had the guts to sinbin several players it would be a serious deterrent.

On the issue in the OP, it would be a nice idea if teams played fair, but as mentioned it would be abused. There is enough incentive for attacking players to simulate fouls and injures without adding the incentive of getting the defender off the pitch while he takes a breather.

What?! Of course it would work. Whilst a player is off the field in the sin bin, the other team can attack attack attack.

And then they get freekicks and another player into the sin bin so they can attack even more.

Sin bins would be awesome because it is such a massive call to give a player a red or yellow but if you can sin bin them then that works a treat - all dealt with inside the match, doesn't benefit the next opponent. Loads of reasons to use a sin bin. Loads of times a ref looks at a challenge and thinks "I could send you off but perhaps that would be harsh so I'll... do nothing"

With a sin bin you can rightly and justly take a player out of the match for 5 minutes.