It is a good initiative Sepp makes, but the wordings of the ban and the implementation will be tricky. There should also be a ruling to protect defenders from diving tactics of some mischievious footballers. How about banning diving tackles to be more precise?
RE:The ban might prove tricky
by Anindya Dasgupta on Mar 07, 2008 11:56 AM Permalink
Secondly, it is going to be almost impossible to implement this fairly. We will unnecessarily see players from smaller teams sacrificed while say a Rooney will be let go scot free. After all, we are all used to referees having different sets of rules when judging a Man Utd/Chelsea/Arsenal/ Real Madrid etc player. So this initiative is not practical
RE:The ban might prove tricky
by Gautam Sinha on Mar 07, 2008 12:40 PM Permalink
It is a weapon to use selectivley against teams that do not have strong lobbies in FIFA.