New player behaviour rules

'bout time innit. :thumbup:

Premier League, EFL & FA introduce new player behaviour rules

Plans designed to reduce "intolerable behaviour" by players and managers in English football have been announced. In a statement, the Premier League, English Football League and Football Association said poor conduct has reached "unacceptable levels".

Starting this season, red cards will be issued to players who confront match officials and use offensive language or make gestures towards them. Behaviour within the technical areas will also be more rigorously enforced.

Not one player has been sent off in the Premier League for insulting or abusive language towards a match official in the past five seasons. But Premier League chairman Richard Scudamore said there has been concern "for some time" that players have been "overstepping the mark".

"It is our collective position that these types of behaviour should no longer be tolerated," he added. "Things happen in the heat of the moment during fast and highly competitive football. We still want to see the passion fans enjoy and demand, but players and managers have to be aware there are lines that should not be crossed."

Offences which could earn players a yellow card

Visibly disrespectful behaviour to any match official
An aggressive response to decisions
Confronting an official face to face
Running towards an official to contest a decision
Offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures towards match officials
Physical contact with any match official in a non-aggressive manner
A yellow card for at least one player when two or more from a team surround a match official

New red card offences

If a player confronts match officials and uses offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures towards them
Physical contact with match officials in an aggressive or confrontational manner.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36844570

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Originally Posted by Baloo

'bout time innit. :thumbup:

Premier League, EFL & FA introduce new player behaviour rules

Plans designed to reduce "intolerable behaviour" by players and managers in English football have been announced. In a statement, the Premier League, English Football League and Football Association said poor conduct has reached "unacceptable levels".

Starting this season, red cards will be issued to players who confront match officials and use offensive language or make gestures towards them. Behaviour within the technical areas will also be more rigorously enforced.

Not one player has been sent off in the Premier League for insulting or abusive language towards a match official in the past five seasons. But Premier League chairman Richard Scudamore said there has been concern "for some time" that players have been "overstepping the mark".

"It is our collective position that these types of behaviour should no longer be tolerated," he added. "Things happen in the heat of the moment during fast and highly competitive football. We still want to see the passion fans enjoy and demand, but players and managers have to be aware there are lines that should not be crossed."

Offences which could earn players a yellow card

Visibly disrespectful behaviour to any match official
An aggressive response to decisions
Confronting an official face to face
Running towards an official to contest a decision
Offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures towards match officials
Physical contact with any match official in a non-aggressive manner
A yellow card for at least one player when two or more from a team surround a match official

New red card offences

If a player confronts match officials and uses offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures towards them
Physical contact with match officials in an aggressive or confrontational manner.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36844570

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All these offences have been in the rule books for years but are never inforced. The same as wrestling,holding and blocking that goes on in the penalty area at set pieces etc,that is also ignored by referees

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Originally Posted by Llanedeyrnblue

All these offences have been in the rule books for years but are never inforced. The same as wrestling,holding and blocking that goes on in the penalty area at set pieces etc,that is also ignored by referees

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It says "starting this season" so assume something has changed, either in rules or intention to enforce?

One of the Newcastle players went ballistic at the ref last night . Didnt see him get sent off. Just a yellow and a word to calm down .
He should have been punched in the face.

It looks like finally the players have been subjected to the same rules that apply to all the fans at matches.

Are the players still allowed to bang on the coach windows and make rude Anglo-Saxon gestures to passing police vehicles as well?

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Originally Posted by Baloo

'bout time innit. :thumbup:

Premier League, EFL & FA introduce new player behaviour rules

Plans designed to reduce "intolerable behaviour" by players and managers in English football have been announced. In a statement, the Premier League, English Football League and Football Association said poor conduct has reached "unacceptable levels".

Starting this season, red cards will be issued to players who confront match officials and use offensive language or make gestures towards them. Behaviour within the technical areas will also be more rigorously enforced.

Not one player has been sent off in the Premier League for insulting or abusive language towards a match official in the past five seasons. But Premier League chairman Richard Scudamore said there has been concern "for some time" that players have been "overstepping the mark".

"It is our collective position that these types of behaviour should no longer be tolerated," he added. "Things happen in the heat of the moment during fast and highly competitive football. We still want to see the passion fans enjoy and demand, but players and managers have to be aware there are lines that should not be crossed."

Offences which could earn players a yellow card

Visibly disrespectful behaviour to any match official
An aggressive response to decisions
Confronting an official face to face
Running towards an official to contest a decision
Offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures towards match officials
Physical contact with any match official in a non-aggressive manner
A yellow card for at least one player when two or more from a team surround a match official

New red card offences

If a player confronts match officials and uses offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures towards them
Physical contact with match officials in an aggressive or confrontational manner.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36844570

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What a load of rubbish, players getting angry with what they view as poor refereeing is a symptom of a disease, not the cause. The disease being that its 2016 where we have a bajillion camera angles to see any and every incident. No refereeing decision should ever be incorrect these days and if the game were to adopt video technology with managers being given say 3 challenges to decisions per game then you would cure the disease.

"Physical contact with any match official in a non-aggressive manner" - Why is that worthy of a yellow?

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Originally Posted by cityviking

What a load of rubbish, players getting angry with what they view as poor refereeing is a symptom of a disease, not the cause. The disease being that its 2016 where we have a bajillion camera angles to see any and every incident. No refereeing decision should ever be incorrect these days and if the game were to adopt video technology with managers being given say 3 challenges to decisions per game then you would cure the disease.

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So every decision that a player might disagree with goes to somebody to watch on and possibly rerun a couple of times on a screen?

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Originally Posted by Baloo

So every decision that a player might disagree with goes to somebody to watch on and possibly rerun a couple of times on a screen?

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6 max per game - 3 per manager/Team as per Tennis and the NFL.

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Originally Posted by cityviking

6 max per game - 3 per manager/Team as per Tennis and the NFL.

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Somebody will still ultimately have to interpret rules. Handballs/fouls/cards for instance are often debated after seeing them on video by pundits. Why not just expect the players to behave?

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Originally Posted by cityviking

6 max per game - 3 per manager/Team as per Tennis and the NFL.

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But with tennis, they only lose one of their allocated appeals if the decision is overruled. So they're not actually limited to three each; if they go in their favour, they could appeal every point.

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Originally Posted by Baloo

Somebody will still ultimately have to interpret rules. Handballs/fouls/cards for instance are often debated after seeing them on video by pundits. Why not just expect the players to behave?

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Why not eliminate one of the main reasons they misbehave?

At the very least using video will eliminate the most outrageous mistakes made by officials.

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Originally Posted by cityviking

Why not eliminate one of the main reasons they misbehave?

At the very least using video will eliminate the most outrageous mistakes made by officials.

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Apart from binary stuff like ball over the line (catered for already) or offsides, I'm not convinced that managers and players are going to accept controversial decisions any more just because of replays.

How many times have you seen managers still disputing penalty calls in their post match interviews? One says one thing and one says the other, not because of what they have seen but because of what would benefit their team.

Wish there was an easy answer to eliminate all the bullshit but I don't think there is.

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Originally Posted by lardy

Apart from binary stuff like ball over the line (catered for already) or offsides, I'm not convinced that managers and players are going to accept controversial decisions any more just because of replays.

How many times have you seen managers still disputing penalty calls in their post match interviews? One says one thing and one says the other, not because of what they have seen but because of what would benefit their team.

Wish there was an easy answer to eliminate all the bullshit but I don't think there is.

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A good example from recent memory is the Skertel/Johnny Williams incident in the Wales Slovakia game video there with a challenge by Wales would have meant a red card and pen.

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Originally Posted by cityviking

A good example from recent memory is the Skertel/Johnny Williams incident in the Wales Slovakia game video there with a challenge by Wales would have meant a red card and pen.

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Not related to your point, but that's a good example of the behind the line officials being completely useless.

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Originally Posted by lardy

Not related to your point, but that's a good example of the behind the line officials being completely useless.

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Hence the need for video :wink:

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Originally Posted by cityviking

Hence the need for video :wink:

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But Williams didn't confront the referee so this doesn't seem to prove your point about video's relation to player behaviour. Certain players/teams are just that way inclined and receive little discouragement at present. Helping refs to make better key decisions is another point imo.

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Originally Posted by cityviking

Why not eliminate one of the main reasons they misbehave?

At the very least using video will eliminate the most outrageous mistakes made by officials.

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These things aren't mutually exclusive. Do both. I've seen players go ballistic over throw-ins being given the wrong way.

Players' behaviour won't change a bit until a few actually get sent off, or at least booked, for what they used to get away with.

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Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi

"Physical contact with any match official in a non-aggressive manner" - Why is that worthy of a yellow?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypOu81UNGFI

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Originally Posted by Colonel Cærdiffi

"Physical contact with any match official in a non-aggressive manner" - Why is that worthy of a yellow?

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Surely that's encouraging violence?

They really haven't thought this through ffs

Shay Given booked for running out of his area to have a grumble at the ref.

Watson of Watford sent off for fouling the striker. He was the last man.

If he had allowed the striker into the box and then fouled him he would have conceded the penalty but would have only been given a yellow.