festa5
Well-known member
I've suggested the injury thing myself in the past.
If it's so bad you need the game stopping and the physio coming onto the pitch then 3 mins is nothing. Genuine injuries aren't far off taking that long to assess and treat anyway.
If it's minor then players can always make their own way off while the game is in play with no time penalty.
And obviously if it's fake then it'll just no longer happen.
Too radical I know, but if I was in charge, for red cards I'd change it to an enforced substitution of the guilty player (and still a ban) but also a penalty kick to the opposition.
That would still be a severe punishment but it'd at least remain 11 v 11 and not ruin the rest of the match, which often happens if the red is early on.
If it's so bad you need the game stopping and the physio coming onto the pitch then 3 mins is nothing. Genuine injuries aren't far off taking that long to assess and treat anyway.
If it's minor then players can always make their own way off while the game is in play with no time penalty.
And obviously if it's fake then it'll just no longer happen.
Too radical I know, but if I was in charge, for red cards I'd change it to an enforced substitution of the guilty player (and still a ban) but also a penalty kick to the opposition.
That would still be a severe punishment but it'd at least remain 11 v 11 and not ruin the rest of the match, which often happens if the red is early on.