zexen_lowe on 26 February 2009
Italian Soccer will test out the Orange Card in it's league according to an article from Spain's 20minutos.es
The Orange card will actually expel the player for a few minutes off the field giving the opposing team a momentary advantage. Something similar to Hockey.
Pierluigi Collina, who some of you may remember a few years back as the bald ref who was considered the best in the world, and the International Football Association Board (IFAB), organization within FIFA that regulates the rules of this sport will study implementing this rule this coming February 28 in Manchester.
The idea was brought on by the Northern Ireland Federation who set out to find a solution for infractions where the red card would be too severe and the yellow too weak of a punishment.
The Italian League is also looking into the possibility of the double Referee. Italians seem willing to try anything.
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I'm not too sure about this, specially as the article doesn't state which are those fouls, but I can't think of many fouls that would deserve more than a yellow and less than a red, except for professional fouls. I mean, if a foul is bad enough, you get a red card, no need to get an "orange".
What do you think about this? It works well in rugby, but then again, there's no booking, yellow card means 10 mins out directly.
I think they're desperate to invent something new
