Sin-bin proposed for football now?

[MacAdder]

Whereas I have little faith that it would actually be implemented properly something has to be done about reducing dissent and the professional foul, surely?

Sin bins for dissent had just been introduced in youth foot here in Surrey just as my youngest finished playing and they worked well albeit at an entirely different level of the game.

I always liked it when refs very occasionally ‘worked with’ a manager over the behaviour of a player to give the manager every chance to take corrective action with the player before the ref had to.

I can just picture this scenario of the referee 'working with' Jose Mourinho

I dont like all the tinkering that goes on with the "simple" game of football, though I agree that the referee abuse has got out of hand.
Abusing, diving/cheating are now part of the modern game unfortunately.

I remember everyone in Britain being up in arms regarding the cynical "cheating continental players" rolling around like they are hurt trying to get the opposing player booked.
It is now commonplace.

Be interesting to see the results of these trials, certainly at early levels I think it would help in the longer term and get the respect back.
I am a bit cynical about introducing it at pro level though.