Topic: Blue card to be introduced in football. (Read 651 times)

Life involves and things change,  innovations coming up and development is constant,  so for that,  we can not say entirely how impossible it could be to judge in the case of awarding a blue card to players and how different countries will judge that new feature,  but for sure from what we have read,  we can say that blue card will be a cool off timing for a  player during the match,  let say when they commit that fowl play their are to wait for 10 minutes before being allowed to continue playing during the match.

So for that,  I may not support the idea of not entertaining new developments and additions to the already football features that we have,  and for sure this new rule will make football more better than we think so let us remain positive,  about this whole thing and look forward to seeing a better side in football when it fully implemented in International football.

Eh, I don't think VAR is as bad as this one. You could say the implementation sucks but the idea is to help the referee to judge better, so you don't have to remove it if the referee is the one who makes terrible calls despite VAR giving them good inputs. An off-side line technology etc also helps a lot, it helps both teams anyway. I don't think I'll leave human error as part of the game if it means my team will concede a handball goal, or something stupid like an offside go because the linean failed to draw the line. If that's fine for you, maybe you'll see how bitter it is if your team fails to win the league because of a stupid decision that can get overturned by goal-line technology like that.

This is true, the world changes and there is nothing we can do. I think the blue card is bullshit, just as I think VAR is bullshit or I won't like it if they implement AI to define what a match referee should validate or not.

All healthy discussions about the past in sports involve human error, we will lose this essence with everything becoming "robotized"

I wouldn't be surprised if they do something like this. When people played without offsides and when they were invented, people who didn’t like it said that it was nonsense and football was losing quality because of it. I don’t know about the blue card, as for me it is more appropriate in mini-football or in hockey, where the game is 5 on 5. Now, in the failures of football, I personally am satisfied with everything and I would not change anything. But the world is changing and football is changing with it, anything can happen

I would have suggested that they don't even try to introduce something new other than the one we've been used to already, there may be different discrepancies in their order of making decisions to judge towards the use of the blue card over the yellow or red card, but if there's going to be a full engagement on how to adopt and use this new approach over each countries, and that they are ready to take the responsibility of orientating the football sections of each countries, make a guidelines that could support the adoption and do a follow up, this may not bring about diversification in judging for either blue, red or yellow card.

First time I am hearing that the blue card will be finally introduced to football. This is definitely going to change the game a lot in the future. Red cards are not that common, in most games it's 11 players vs 11. Depending now how often the blue card is going to come into play the teams will have to adapt a lot. If this card is being used as regularly as yellow cards than this will be huge. Being down one player for 10 minutes can change everything. It depends a bit which player it is, but if your star striker sits on the bench then there won't be a lot of pressure on the enemy goal for a while. If it's your main defender, then there will be a big whole in your defense and you will likely fall behind. As long as all leagues adopt the card at the same time it will be fair for everybody and teams should adapt quickly. I am going to look forward to the world cup with a blue card.

Lol, been doing this since ages in Nigeria, looks like we're now teaching the masters how its really done. I have my reservations on the substandard nature of that practice. I really don't vote for it to be introduced in a professional setting. It will greatly reduce the quality of the game as players will now be relaxed  while fouling others bearing in mind that they will only stay outside for some time.

Then referees might take that opportunity to favor some teams over another, like sending up to four players out for  some time to the advantage of others. It will really bring so much corruption to the game we love so much and I don't feel too good about it.

I also subscribe with you that it should be thrown out. They don't need to make cluster of rules to football and change the face of the game. Rules are meant to take place where there is a lacuna and in this case there is no lacuna, the yellow card and red card have taken that space already and no need for such modifications and moreover it is going to give the referee much job of controlling the match with the plenty of rules he has in his hands to control. If this is added plus VAR that is already having some sort of error, it will make their work cumbersome. For instance, if a referee issues a blue card to three players within the 10 minutes, it means he has to be shuttling between his watch and checking for the next 10 minutes to allow a player in and another one and the other one. You already see the job bursting his head and errors with inefficiency will start coming in.

So I simply don't subscribe to this and I don't see any need or reason for it to have its way inside the noble game of football.

Slight point with literally cooling down a player, they would no longer be fully ready to play and may more likely strain a ligament then normal play.   I presume the blue card doesnt prevent them staying ready and active to rejoin play without disadvantage at that time, has to be that way or it will be promoting injury inadvertently.   
   1 player missing is a big disadvantage also depending who it is and how easily they can be covered.  However its less  then 10% of the team, its not too harsh to completely alter the game. Its just enough to send a strong discouragement to not repeat the problem behavior.

It's interesting to see how this new card will affect the game. It may change the dynamics of the game, however, it will likely depend on how well the referees implement this. Some may not agree about this, and some may see it as an effective way to discipline or improve player's behavior and safety.

At first, I thought it will change the game for good but as I read further it turns out it was the opposite. The OP already gave some info about it but you can always research it further and maybe see a video that demonstrates it, if that is much easier for you to understand. Maybe they think this blue card is a must addition because they are more experts than us. So, just learn how to deal with it. If not, you are always welcome to switch on other sports but I'm sure some of them have also changed.

It's inevitable because it can mostly enhance the experience of the players and as well as the audience. This was not the first addition actually in football but there is also white card before if I'm not mistaken. It also shocked the public but they're used to it now.

10 minute cooldown has pros and cons:
1. If a player cools down for ten minutes, the team will play with 10 players instead of 11 for two minutes, that's a significant disadvantage.
2. if a player cools down for ten minutes, he will come rested and the team will have an advantage over the opposite team.

There might be moments for certain teams and certain players where it will be good to break the rule and get a blue card. It's a terrible idea and I hope FIFA/UEFA will not let it happen.

Well I will not be surprised at all if that is added to football because the rate at which things is changing is definitely at a high rate and they don't intend stopping anytime soon, well change is constant and it's bound to happen eventually but I just hope that FIFA or whoever those or create the rules doesn't come up with something crazy that will definitely take away the thrills in football because that will definitely have a negative toll on the economic benefits of football to the world.

Whatever it is, the point is that this latest change makes football no longer fun, and maybe we'll see even stranger changes than the current one in the future. I can't imagine what would happen to teams that have a high level of argumentation with this blue card, maybe they will play with a few players in each match, for example Atletico Madrid which tends to play rough.

Instead of adding new punishment card, would not it be better to add one more ref? It will be double effectice to monitor players and the game. If they want to add time penalties like in ice hockey, then why not take 2-3 referee system from hockey? One main ref and two or one helper. I think it would be much more helpful in addition to var.

Blue card, this is new rule innovation issued by IFAB but it seems that FIFA rejects the blue card rule in big competitions or prestigious competitions so that if this had been made official for football then only small competitions would have used it.
But this is strange because the blue card issued by the referee and given to the player will result in penalty for the player leaving the field within few minutes and when the player has received 2 blue cards then he will be given red card, this is really strange rule.
There are already yellow cards and red cards which have clearly become one of the rewards for every player who breaks the rules and when new rules such as blue cards occur, it is certain that there will be differences of opinion and disputes because this may be rejected by several parties.

I honestly don't really like this new rule because it can change the style of playing football which has been patented for long time, how could it not be because players who get blue card have to leave the field and be in special place which is said to be place for washing away their sins.
This doesn't make sense and rules like this are actually not appropriate to really apply in football.

I also disagree with this and my argument is super simple:
When should the referee issue a blue or yellow card?

Today there is already some controversy about the application of the red card in plays where the referee only applied the yellow card.
There are many more situations in which a yellow card should have been issued but the referee preferred to just issue a warning.

So, introducing yet another card will only create more controversy instead of helping.
In other sports, temporary punishment works very well, such as ice hockey, but the rules in general are completely different.

Football already has enough rules and resources for punishment, the problem is that football referees earn very little due to the importance that exists in football and as a consequence we have some terrible people conducting important games.

The new innovation will introduce a new tactics for some technical coaches to really exploit. They may cook up a strange strategy different from what these regular gamblers and coaches know. Coaches like Jose Mourinho, Pep Guardiola and others may find ways to make the new addition to the sport favor them. Many things are really changing and developing into something else from what they were, I will not be surprised if the number of players in each team is increased by one player.

This is such a stupid idea and it reminds me on rules they have in waterpolo 
Having break for 10 minute can be good for player to cool down and there is a chance he is going to be better when he returns to match.
Having two blue cards means player will get red card, but what happens if player gets one blue and one yellow card? 
Refs are going to have such a hard time adjusting to this new rule if it happens.

Rough criticism would be it represents an Americanization of the game with sinbin type send offs that only count for a minute and then all is forgiven.   However that wouldnt deter the change especially I feel they are trying to capture that audience which is already watching sports with this type of send off and make the whole big card send off less of a permanent thing and with more warnings before players are excluded from future games.
  The teams themselves probably would appreciate this kind of forewarning to a full send off because of the giant sums involved now with some players costing giant amounts exclusion from the game can seriously impact the layout through rash behavior.  My guess is they are going to go ahead with this, perhaps rescind later if no improvement but theres reasons its going in.

Rules can still be changed and updated, and the idea of this is fine maybe the implementation will be different especially when you categorize physically foul that you committed to other players. If the major leagues will adapt this kind of new rule then many will follow. Though I agree that they can still use other card but having this one can discourage players from committing hard foul.

Yes that is correct and to answer your other question, a green card does exist and it ever been used in the conica world football cup (non FIFA affiliated).
A green card is almost the same as a red card and the difference is, after the ref sent the player from the pitch - the team able to substitute that player with note that team have not used all of their substitutes.
Also the player who got the green card is not excluded from the next match.

I don't see the appeal of the blue card. Like if they wanted to introduce a way to punish fouling in a contact sport like football, there are other ways for them to do so that wouldn't have to involve reinventing the whole wheel by introducing yet another card. They could've pretty much just went on with the yellow-card scheme and include the physical offense as grounds for getting one. I'd even argue this as being a better idea than just benching someone who have debilitated the other team through illegal means for 10 mins only, cause at the very least with the prospect of getting suspended or the threat of being suspended instead of getting, the players are looking at a real threat that could tip the scales of the game against their favor, this doesn't really happen when you're basically just putting them out of play for 10 mins. which they would've used to recuperate strength and stamina so they can continue.

Plus with how dramatic and creative football athletes can be when it comes to penalties it could even become a game where players deliberately hurt opponents so they can get their extra 10 mins. breaks when they need it, plus it works on their team's favor too as they could take out the key player while they are out there chugging on gatorade. There is a lot of nuance surrounding this new addition in the cards at play for football and I'm not happy about it.

I also don't buy the idea of this blue card, people already have been used to the effect of red and yellow card in matches, if a player commits, then he goes for it by been issued a yellow card for warning to play with caution and t it repeated itself, he have it the second time and the third time will lead to another type of card he wouldn't have love to have because that will be red card, using a blue card will not be as effective as that of yellow card, yellow signifies for warning to take caution, if one is given blue card on several occasion, how will be treated with yellow card.

Well, I think one of the reason is to make sure that they build into the consciousness of players that if you tackle your opponent  wrongly you are going out for the next 10 minutes, hence you know that these will be your punishment and it will affect the overall performance of your team in the next 10 minutes, you wouldn't want to do that wrong tackling.
I think in all is to build that safety precaution for footballers because their legs are their office, so laws should be made to protect those legs and this is one of those laws because football is all about Fair play.

To a enlarge extent VAR has contributed to a great success of football ever since it was established, if there are one or two issues associated with VAR then think about those days that we did not have VAR at all, how bad they where.

It seems that this news will not really be implemented in the big leagues because adding a blue card just something very ridiculous and will destroy the rules of football that have been well established for a long time.
it might make sense for a referee to issue a different card to a spectator as was the case in another thread at that time, but to issue a different card to a player seems to me very unreasonable and I will not agree.

This is a rule that does not make football better at all, in contrast to VAR, even though it was initially criticized by the public, in fact VAR has had a good impact on football. But this? what was the main concern that they had to create a new type of card?

Now the blue card, in the future? green? I think it would be better if football change to UNO. I also heard that blue cards can also accumulate into red cards with the following composition: 1. Yellow + Blue = Red | 2. Blue + Blue = Red. It's real?

This is definitely going to change the face of football and impression of fans towards certain decisions when taken by the referee regarding fouls action by players that should ordinarily by given a red card and the player is rather given a yellow card just to stay away from the game for a few minutes.

Some players might intensionally foul another player in a manner that is uncalled for believing that at most he may be giving just a blue card to spend sometime outside the field of play and later get back, but with the red card which takes you totally out of the game it puts a lot of caution into the mind of players that some inappropriate attitudes they will not want to display knowing fully that is a total out which may even lead to losing the next game.

In my opinion and thought, this blue card is just an unnecessary innovation at the moment, maybe not at this stage.

There's the confusion factor. Adding a new card is like adding another button to a remote – unnecessary and confusing for players, refs, and even fans. Remember the struggle to learn yellow vs red cards? Yeah, that times two.

And what's the point if a blue card basically means two yellows anyway? It's like inventing a new word for "water" – kinda pointless, right? Maybe just enforcing the old rules better would do the trick.

Now, testing this blue card in smaller leagues ain't a bad idea. Like trying on a new outfit before buying it, right? But before we go all-in, let's explore other options. Maybe stricter rules, better ref-player communication, or even some fancy tech to help refs out.

i don't think it's an innovation because it's not a necessary rule in football. we've already been introduced to red cards and yellow cards, and i don't think there's any need to add another new rule that would just make the game even more boring.

it would be better for the football federation to focus more on organizational management and improving regulations, rather than having to deal with football regulations that are not really needed by the players and fans.

How can this independent institution stay impartial? Another layer of bureaucracy could be as unpopular as the decisions it judges. Supervisory control and overreach are delicate. Open reviews with clear criteria and club, player, and fan involvement are my proposal. Community and shared responsibility for game integrity may result.

Blue card infractions must be defined. Players should be treated fairly and respectfully, not merely punished. Blue card offenses must be clearly distinguished from yellow or red card violations before their adoption. A clear differentiation is needed for players, coaches, and spectators to embrace the new system. The game should benefit from such innovations, not be complicated. We must keep football's spirit while embracing new changes as we enter this new territory.

That is also I dont understand. If it is severe rule violation or unsportsmanlike conduct, then it is a red card. Yellow card is already a huge warning. Sometimes it is given to chill out one player or a team. Then blue must be given for something more light. Like showing no respect, when instead of giving ball to opponent for throwing-in, players throws it away. But making teams play 10 vs 9 for whole 10 minutes because of that is absurd.

What next? Introducing delayed penalty or give free shootout if player seriously violated rules during 1 vs 1 situation but not in penalty or goal area?

I think we don't need an extra card for football as yellow and red are enough. However, there was talks about an orange card that would be between yellow and red but once again , I don't think that is a good idea either.

What I would love to be change right now is the way the changes are being made because in some games we literally lose around 10 minutes to changes and other random pauses in the games so basically we have only 80 minutes of football almost every game and this is a subject that needs attention right now and Uefa knows it.

This is going to really change the game and for me I don't really understand the main reason why this blue card of a thing. What kind of foul should be considered as being worthy of blue card? With so much rules coming in lately in football there is every possibility that the joy that football brings is going to diminish. This is a stupid idea and should be brush out.

I don't think this change is necessary, let alone having to apply it to all football championships throughout the world, maybe it's only natural to implement it in certain countries but it seems it will be difficult if it is applied to big leagues and championships in Europe, after all something new will only hinder things. which has been going on for a long time, why do there have to be blue cards when yellow and red cards are more than enough to punish players who violate the field.

What kind of strange idea is this is actually not very useful to implement in the big European leagues because it will certainly make it difficult to make changes if you add a blue card in every match, but it all comes back to FIFA and I'm sure it won't happen and is just an idea. in my opinion there is no need to be too serious about this kind of thing because it is not possible to implement it because there is not much support about the blue card, personally I also don't really support this idea because I think it is strange and implementing it will only look even stranger. 

I think so too. Change is okay. Adding the blue card for tactical fouls feels like a cool step in football's evolution, especially with VAR and all. It's like giving a slap on the wrist for disrupting the game without going full red or yellow. It might make things fairer without being too harsh

I don't know whether it can provide innovations in football because it has only happened in your country. Maybe if other countries also implement the same thing and more countries implement it, maybe we will see that it will become an innovation in the football world. But seeing this was strange because it was the first time I had heard it. It may also change some existing rules because this blue card gives a different impression from what we have seen. But if some people want to introduce it internationally, seeing other countries responses is worth seeing.

I think that blue card has no use for football. It would just make the sport different than football. Waiting outside the pitch temporarily because of a punishment reminds me of handball rules. 

If a player is complaining about an incident more than enough or trying to deceive you then you can just show your yellow card and move on. Is there really a need for inventing a new card for this for real? Of course, I'm not against new inventions in football. However new inventions should be targeting to improve the quality rather than trying unnecessary things. 

A quick response to the introduction of the blue card rule came from various groups who expressed what they thought and FIFA also responded quickly to the spread of this blue card. FIFA's response was that it was incorrect and premature[1].

I personally think that implementing this blue card will not be effective because basically it will make a match look even funnier if I examine the mechanism for a player who gets a blue card while the match is in progress.
In fact, I want FIFA as the highest organization to utilize existing ones, including the VAR system, to provide fairness in match results.
There has been a slanted assessment of the slanted card rules and this assessment indicates that FIFA will try to build new business again.

Well, I'm open to innovations and advancements in any field and facets of life, but this blue card of a thing, I do not think it makes sense. In 1970 when the yellow and red cards were introduced, it was a very good initiative and welcome development even as they justified the reason. This is why they could effectively and successfully use them till today. But this blue card, when I read of it just yesterday, I was so curious to know the purpose it would serve. But sadly, I see nothing so different from what is in football at the moment. They can use it together with a yellow card to determine expulsion from the match, so I see nothing so important in using it as far as I am concerned.

Let the time come, but I see more referees making mistakes in their use initially...

I couldn't agree, there is enough already complications added rules that have affected football in general, and the original undiluted sensational flow and beauty of the game is still yet to adapt fully to this new changes after years of implementation, speaking of VAR (the most relevant one), cooling breaks, amount of substitutions and so on.

Didnt we already have topic like that? Because I remember a joke of showing a rainbow (LGBTQ) card, which will show refs intentions to do with guilty player That would be a real warning.
In general I dont know if it will really fit in the game. During 10min a lot can be changed during match, heavily loosing team might become a leader. If yellow card is warning, red card make you leave the field. These two already make a severe punishment for a player and a team. Then what blue is for? As a minor punishment instrument. But this minor punishment instrument can turn into game changer. Imho blue card would either be useless, or only spoil the game.

If this rule is implemented, it will certainly create pros and cons in the game of football, as you said 10 minutes is very valuable in a match, opposing players will take advantage of this situation to continue attacking.  There will be a big loss for the team that gets the ban, the style of play will change to be extra defensive against attacks from the opponent.  If this is approved in international football, it will certainly change the rules of world football and cause more harm than good

New innovations in football with the introduction of blue cards will certainly change the new face of football. Before this innovation is officially introduced and approved by FIFA to be implemented in international football, it is necessary to review the types of violations that are worthy of a blue card.

So far, the latest breakthrough known as "VAR" has not been fully effective, even though referees can directly watch customers or players who are caught offside before scoring a goal, but the VAR innovation still raises pros and cons due to controversial referee decisions. I would prefer that an independent institution be formed to supervise every decision of a referee who is proven to have made a controversial decision that could be detrimental to one party. This independent party only supervises the decisions of referees who are deemed to be lame or not neutral in officiating a match.

Football or soccer has already a history that lasts for centuries. It already has almost perfect set of rules that is used for ages. I dont understand why it needs another punishment card. It is still exciting to watch, still entertaining, players still show phenomenal skills. So I dont understand why it needs changes. Now it is proposed to add blue card, with time other cards might appear. If right now referee cant 100% monitor whole situation on the field, and making a decision and giving yellow/red card steals games time. And if they add one more card, 90 minutes of pure game time is going to be decreased a lot, if referee get distracted by giving blue cards, monitoring time and letting player to return to game.

I know that their have been lots of innovation lately in the world of sports particularly football and it's all aimed at having an organised and safe sports but setting out too much rules might reduce the fun aspect of the game. I feel that yellow and red card is already doing the needed job in reducing the rate of rough play in the field of football. Why not just stick with the yellow card and maybe add more fine to those individuals awarded with the yellow card? Most of the kind of fouls that will course a player to be given a blue card would in most cases be argued that it's supposed to be a red card so I don't see any need for it at all

Well, I Like to see new rules get introduced at some point in football but basically when things are no longer functioning well with the set rules, but when we have gotten accustomed to a particular rule in football and where the rules already in place has no issues, then in this case I don't think it's necessary to introduce more new rules because it usually comes in two ways, which either it spices up things or spoil the pattern, However, from the introduction of var so far we could see how things are going so far with it.

On the other hand, it will help to caution those aggressive players and reposition their minds while they are standing aside and watching the game, So it's better than sending a player out when compared with red card.
The bottom line here is that it will come with its advantages and disadvantages.

Why do you post this topic in the Gambling Discussion forum? This topic doesn't have anything to do with gambling(unless the bookies decide to open bets about which player is going to receive a blue card).
I think that such change would make sense only if the blue card replaces the yellow card or the red card. Otherwise, this would be yet another tool used by corrupted referees to manipulate the results of football games. The implementation of VAR didn't improve the overall fairness of football, I'm sure that the implementation of a blue card won't improve football as well.
The referee will have to decide whether the foul is hard enough for a yellow card, blue card or a red card, which will bring more confusion and more hatred towards the referees.

The idea of introducing blue card in football is just another way to spoil the beautiful game of football, what is the essence when red card and yellow card are there. This is another sign of the rich trying to kill the game of football, the new rules have received so many criticisms from coaches, football journalists, football fans, players and retired players. The blue card is pointless, the game is good  with two cards that are used, there are other areas to develop in football rather than introducing blue card FIFA should reverse this decision.

I believe I am not sure this is a good idea, to be honest. I would have assumed both the yellow card and the red card were enough for the average football match. Or did I miss something which have made more relevant the necessary for a blue card to be added to the international football standards?
Maybe there is more going on to this than what meets the eye, it could be the international football authories are seeking for players to increase their fair play and discipline during their matches without having to go to the extent of applying sanctions off game. If this proves to be a measure which brings more order and more fair play to the world of football in the mid term and in the long term, then I would be okey with it, in this case I assume we will need time to tell us.

Also, a little bit offtopic, but this reminds me a bit how companies behind MoBA games usually need to change the rules or characteristics of the playable characters for people not to get bored and enjoy new challenges in each season. I know it is not the same, but it certainly reminds me of it. 

Actually, I believe this new blue card rule has potential to increase the provocations among players, because there aren't any major negative consequences involved. It's supposed to be a punishment, but since the player can come back to the field after few minutes outside, where is the punishment, then? Bullies can even like it, because it's a way for them to stand out in a match towards the crowds as audacious players who challenge the rules, referees and rivals, without compromising their teams' performance entirely.

Faults should be addressed with yellow and red cards, as always. And if it's nothing serious, let the game continue with warnings solely... On the other hand, for gambling industry it's just another category of betting. Now besides every internal betting options you have inside a match, like how many yellow, red cards, how many corner kicks, scored goals, you will also have the alternative of betting on how many blue cards the match is going to have.

Its probably going to add some confusion and be contested however I think with the amount players already try to play the system to their advantage faking possibly injuries or fouls to try to get action taken incorrectly, its probably for the best to add this.    Also the reason I wouldnt disagree is the main consideration is the audience at a match, even if the Referee is correct not to yellow card then people who dont have the same information will see it as light touch or lack of action vs bad play.
   Blue card allows some signal to be given to play less dangerously, in the current game they are suggesting even heading a ball could cause injury long term so we are already heading towards a safer environment by necessity especially with career players.

Football as it exists, it is a beautiful sport, where that some traditional things are still maintained, but they have wanted to modify it for a long time much more than what they have already done.

There are things that have benefited them, for example the offside, that caused there to be more goals, in theory because 1x0 matches are still the trend.

Then another thing they wanted to do is divide it into four times, and this is basically due to the influence of commercial times, that makes it more attractive for sales, but it has not caught on, and it is one of the reasons why soccer football in the United States does not reach massively.

I wouldn't be surprised if something like this ends up being approved a couple of years before the FIFA world cup, the president of FIFA is very open to the influence of powerful third parties, but Obviously football is one of those sports that should not be modified with these types of situations, it is something very much from sports on the United States.

This innovation in football is really going to be an interesting as many people would want to see how nit will play out, I remember when VAR was first introduced it wasn't welcomed 100% because people feared for it' accuracy but then for every innovation with its own advantage, comes it's own disadvantage aswell.

Asking a player to step aside a while as a disciplinary measure should be welcomed because a few players understand how much five minutes would mean to a game so by the time they consider how much they five minutes off the pitch could mean to them especially in a game like this were they need to proceed to a final or a final game, rhy will be mindful a d ad some  more discipline in their style of play so as to avoid getting the blue card even if its effect is very temporary but it can mean a lot in some games.

I don't think we really need it when the yellow and red cards work fine.  FIFA should think hard whether the blue card would help or just cause more referee headaches and  in my view, the current yellow for small fouls and red for big ones works okay.  Adding another card color could get messy unless it is for some specific situation that isnt handled well now.  But even then, seems like theres enough stoppages already without adding more.

The introduction of the blue card in the card system in football is quite a new experience for player since they will have to adjust from playing aggressively to playing with caution. 10 minutes of a player down in a team can cause a huge drop in performance and may lead to loss in the game. However, with my own observation, pressing teams will be more of an advantage based on the effect of the blue card. They will have more chances to press the opposite teams leading to more of an offensive playing from the other teams which will give them more blue card. Imagine having two or three of your players out for 10 minutes. Like it will be so crazy because by then they must have scored you guys before the 10 elapsed.

From my perspective that rule is not necessary because the rule can only contribute for goal goal in source because the absent of any player within a ten minutes can contribute for wining if am not mistaken, if the rules is being introduced to soccer that means they be more interest in soccer game, the red and yellow is okay in soccer game so that they not be a lot of controversy in football pitch as I stated before now, is not good to have alot of information and rules and regulations in one particular thing so that the thing will not lost value, right now losing of values can occur due to more regulations of soccer game which not good.

It sounds stupid to be honest but other sports leagues like Hockey have a similar rule like that. I can already picture a referee handing out blue card for a tackle that took out one of the best performing player in another team. The rule would only makes sense if the call can be challenged immediately but that could also mean more delays in the game.

Soccer is gonna implement a hockey like penalty box?? Honestly I like it.  Not that traditional soccer fans will I think it brings a level of interest when fouls are called.  Maybe less severe ones less time?  And what I would absolutely love is if they penalized flopping.  If this blue card rule went into effect, expect the flopping to only get worse trying to get a penalty called.

FIFA thinks that's what they're doing - making the game more attractive because power play should lead to more goals from their point of view. But in reality it will work in the same way when an away goal is worth more than a home goal - teams will be cautious and it will be a more closed game.
In general, according to research, the football audience is aging (I mean middle age), young people cannot watch one game for an hour and a half in a row, Tik Tok with short videos is more suitable for them. Therefore, FIFA is trying to increase the dynamics and reduce the time (introduce pure time). But such changes will not actually change anything, but they will break classic football.

The blue card will greatly benefit the team that the referee always helps. when his team has not been able to score or lose. there will definitely be an opposing team that is hit by a blue card. because if the red card will be very striking. with the blue card even less exciting and interesting. will only help the team called fifa children or the team that often helps the referee in his matches.

In my opinion, that idea is not necessary it will cause so much confusion in football and undue favouritism. Do you know that 10mins is capable of deciding a football game? Imagine three players of the same team committing a foul almost the same time and then being given a blue card to stay outside for 10 minutes. Remember giving a blue can will be the prerogative of a referee and so how do you draw the line between when to give a yellow card and a blue card or when to issue a warning?

This will kill the sports and generate so many contentions after each game. Let us rather look for a way to provide solutions to the problems associated with VAR as VAR has failed in some games, especially in the premier league.

The reason why the idea of telling a player to stay out for 10 minutes flourished in your locality as you have pointed out is because you cannot give a player a red card and also giving a player a yellow card would amount to nothing since players don`t pay for the card given.

That rule is not idea because sometimes the rules of soccer looks like something that should be amended, but in soccer I don't think their rules they always remove but they continue to add more and more of their rule, this blue card rules that a player will be suspended for a ten minutes time before it can come back to the pitch, so how many blue card will make up a yellow card since two yellow card make up a one red card, so how many blue card will make up just one yellow card. For me, the red and yellow card is okay for football rules and regulations should be okay, because adding more rules of card will make referrers to be confused in pitch

Introducing blue cards as a disciplinary measure in football is in my opinion, redundant. It’s unnecessary and actually not needed. Yellow cards have been working just fine and I’m not sure if they’ve been any complaints stating otherwise.
While most people are generally resistant to change as people are more comfortable with things which are familiar, this proposed change is not needed.

Having a player stay inactive on the sidelines for 10 minutes cause of a foul committed is not exactly punishment in my opinion. Besides, it states in the article that of a player gets two blue cards, it’ll make a red card. Yellow cards did the same job just fine.

To me it makes sense to do more against dissent and cynical fouls. The fact that people are so much against this seems to be because people are against changes in general, even though  there has been several changes in soccer since 1800s. And that no one today would accept the brutality that was prevented by the rules. I am assuming people were complaining against those rules too back in day.

People used to be against street lights, seatbelts and helmets for people in motorcycles. So of course they are now against blue cards.

This is a copy/pasted idea from some other sports. So I guess it can also be applied in football games, but will it contribute to better play? I guess that's a big question.

We can expect some new rules from time to time, but this rule will change the game a lot. After all, football games last +90 minutes, and many hard fouls can happen in that time, can you imagine if we see a situation where we have many hard fouls and many 10-minute excuses? Well, I can't imagine this kind of football, to be honest, I like football as it is, let's not make it more complicated.

What happens if the player that has been given a blue card before commits another offense that requires the referee to give him another blue card will he be given a second blue card so he can go and rest for another 10 minutes?  This rule is not hash at cause it's more like a rest to the player who commits an offense since he can actually get back to continue his game once the 10 minutes is due, Personally if they want to introduce a new rule I think they should consider a card that will enable a player to miss the next game if given that particular card or they should just allow the cards that in in existence to be used instead of introducing something that can add to the beauty of the game of football.

This new rule sounds strange and funny, from my point of view there's something behind the decision but we've not heard what inspired the decision. When this rule will start to function alot of people will not be used to this rule including me, any player that gets the blue card for 10mins and their opponent will play complete during the ten mins, the blue card is just like the red card but the impact is just for awhile, in my opinion anything can happen during the 10mins without any support, we all know football needs support like team work and if anything happens to the key player it's like the team will lack structure. This new rule should not affect the system that's just all.

New rules and innovations in the sports is to make it better and improve it like the recent Video assistant referee, but excess change in rules can make the sport become unrecognizable to people that love the sport. Just as yellow card and red cards were introduced into the game at some time in the development of the sport, if a blue card is approved, it will only then take some time for it to be accepted in the sport as normal by people who love the sport.

Sure, for now football rules  should remain the way it is now as any further intentions on putting new rules or inventing new pattern in football may jeopardize the setting of the game and moreover, just like the introduction of VAR has been helpful to some extent and there are also times when it doesn't give a clear judgement thereby causing controversy in some matches but nevertheless, football rules are better left the way it is for now.

Though the idea would seem to be good as rather than sending a player off throughout the whole match he would be brought back after the tension have been eased, it sounds interesting though but let it remain as it has been.

If they use voting to pass some judgement on what could be in football, I bet this might never qualify to be passed into law.

Like, what the heck is going to be the work for the blue card if I tackle someone real hard now instead of giving me a red card or a yellow card as a warning? I will be given the opportunity to go have a rest for the next 10 minutes and then come back and continue my reckless playing, and if I do it again, the same thing.

I don't see this as what will bring any good to football at all—they should just let things be the way they are already. We are good with it that way; no change is needed.

With the rate at which many new rules have been added to football, it makes me wonder what might become of the game in the next decay to come because some of these new rules is totally unnecessary and one of them will be this issuing of blue card, I mean what's the essence of giving out blue card when there is red which practically serves as a good enough punishment for the defaulters of the rules of the game.

FIFA should atleast let go of some of the irrelevant rules and make due of important once that can actually impact positively on the game.

These football governing bodies are gradually introducing rules they think will make the game more transparent and entertaining. When they introduced Video Assistant Referee is was not happy because I felt that introducing technology to football would kill the uncertainties and intrigues that made the game beautiful. I see VAR now as a good addition to the game because it has promoted transparency in the game. Although the VAR has made some clear mistakes, it has also contributed positively to the game. For me introducing a blue card will make the game more complicated for referees to make decisions. Football officials might not know when to issue a yellow or blue card. The card is still in its testing stage so we might not see it in the big leagues for now, however, I think this new introduction should be dropped.

I stumbled on a tweet about this and I'm of the opinion that it makes no sense. We're still dealing with the effects amd changes that VAR has brought to the game and are not ready for yet another major change in the way the game is played. It hasn't been confirmed yet so there's a huge chance that this change can be pushed back so hard that it doesn't make it to the mechanics of the game.

A Twitter user even joked that Athletico Madrid might have just 6 players on the field in most games if the blue card is introduced haha — in the premier league, I expect plenty of teams to suffer same if not worse haha.

If I remember correctly, this is one of the possible innovations that FIFA is trying to impose (along with pure playing time, throw-in with the foot rather than the hand, etc.). In my opinion, these are moronic changes, football has its own classic rules and we must adhere to them and not make football similar to hockey or other sports. By the way, this is all done in order to “raise” the dynamics and the number of goals. I doubt that I will be interested in such poor football with new rules and “interesting” scores like 7-5, etc.

Each time, football bodies introduce new things into the system and at that, we have to accept the addiction of a blue card into football and this suspension for 10 minutes for the player is one good thing and for that, since it is less than a red card and yellow card which is what has been playing in the football plays and at this point adding blues card is something that will further increase the quality of football in the football games and because by wasting that 10 minutes is something that will mean a lot to the players and the team in general.


So for me, this is a welcome development and we look forward to seeing a more active football game in the coming weeks.

This new innovation reminds me so much of my childhood; then it was our way of punishing anyone that is trying to injure other players. He is normally sent out for a while, I can't remember how long, later he is brought back to the game. It is usually a bad experience if your team is losing because you will be reducing their chances of equalizing with that mini red card you just incurred for them.

I know that this new development will give more work to the coaches in terms of working on the temper of the players. Coaches will seriously advice them not to be too aggressive with their tackles. I even see this as a bigger punishment than yellow card because like I said, it is like a mini red card.

Sounds interesting but to be honest, I love football the way it is and has always been, yellow and red cards are all that you need for perfect game. Blue card just makes the game more complex and it's stupid that referee has to carry three cards. By the way, to my mind it will be probably better if they make footballers stay outside for 10 minutes if they get yellow card, that sounds more fair.

Imagine Sergio Ramos or Pepe being outside for 10 minutes, they'll go nuts. It will be funny to see them in this case of scenario.

Never have I heard of a blue card. This is the first time I've heard about a new card that will be introduced in football. It turns out that the rules regarding blue cards are still being tested according to the search I did. As a rule, anyone who gets a blue card from the referee will be expelled for a few minutes.
I do not agree with rules like this and I hope that these rules do not become decisions that will be made in football matches.

The blue card rule is emphasized if there are excessive protests to the referee. I think it would be optimal to give a yellow card as is currently the case. The VAR system to consider is more robust than considering blue cards.

there may be exceptions on this as the game can't go on without the goalkeeper of the team. but for other players, i can agree as this will give them discipline inside the field. that those hot tempered players may think twice of doing something out of the regular rules of the game. we all know that at some point, some players will take it personally and respond like they are angry of something.

This doesn't sound like it makes any sense to me because how can you take out a player from a team of 11 players and keep the player off the game for 10 minutes while the game is still on? Who does that?

Since a team usually have 10 players and a goalkeepers to make it 11, if you take out one player, it means you will only have 10 players on the field for that team. If you keep the player out for 10 minutes, that means only 10 players will be active for the 50 minutes that the match will go on.

Again, what if it was three players who were the victims of a blue card? Does it mean that three players will be taken out while only seven players continue the game?

This is not going to be a fair thing to be introduced to football because it can cause a team to lose even if they were supposed to win. I am not in support of such a thing.

Change is one thing constant in life, and as such, I think this is a welcome development to have a "blue" into the world of football as substitute to both "red & yellow" and if only the organizing body will be able to clearly spell-out what level/degree of fowl will warrant a player been issued either Yellow, blue and red cards to both the understanding of the players and the general public at large.

But there is one single question I will love to ask regarding this new implemented "Blue card" feature, which means if a player is given a "BlueCard" such user is required to leave the field for 10 minutes, so what if a goal keeper is given a blue card? Does it mean he/she will be required to leave the goal post for 10 minutes while the game continues?

It's possible that teams will develop a strategy to force fouls and not play the freaking game just because this card is in effect. Kind of like the NBA when you're in the last minutes of the last quarter - you try to force fouls to make sure you make the most out of the last minutes of the game to widen the gap or tie the score. We will no longer see great games but rather games that are built around technicalities to make the most goals possible. Hopefully they realize that this does not add anything of value to an already great game.

10 minutes can make a difference when this player who got the blue card plays a big role in their strategies. but at least he is coming back after that time.

this is just a trial they say but why are they trying it on the pro?
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when they say dissent, it always sounds political, and if you are not so friendly to the referee because you don't wanna kiss ass. you can possibly get a blue. the referee can show a blue card even when it's verbal?

Introducing a new card (which in this case is blue card) is not that important, the most important thing is what the card will do, and as explained by the op, I personally think this make good sense and I will definitely be happy to see this card introduced to worldwide football, I personally would consider this blue card to be a semi red card, as it will be a way to seriously warn players to mind their way of playing, instead of just handing a red card right away, the player having to go rest for 10 minutes before coming back into the game will definitely cause players to mind their attitude on the field.
Personally looking forward to this being implemented in the worldwide football.

A red card = player must leave from the pitch for the rest of the game and there will be no replacement/substitute + a suspension from the following games.
1 blue card = player must leave from the pitch for 10 minutes and there will be no replacement/substitute.
2 yellow/blue cards = 1 red card.
1 blue card and 1 yellow card = 1 red card.

The concept of the blue card sin-bin seems to be similar to the sin-bin in rugby, where a player is temporarily removed from the game after committing an infraction. I think the major advantage of this type of rule would be the immediate deterrent effect, players would be less likely to commit dangerous fouls if they knew they would have to leave the game for 10 minutes, but as we already know, the Yellow Card, the double yellow card and the red card has already taken care of this.

But really, What's the essence of telling a player to go out of the field and stop playing for 10 minutes and then come back after 10 minutes, I think that's just stupid, if they're gonna introduce something new in football, then it should be something a lot more sensible and not a crazy blue card. The yellow and the red card is doing a great job already in maintaining orderliness on the field so introducing an extra card isn't in any way required.

True, we not have information about the blue card, and when they will apply it, and in which competitions, I don't know yet. But in my opinion that would lose the essence of football itself, yellow cards and red cards are sufficient for an excessive reaction, or a violation committed. The joy of football itself will be lost if there are too many rules, and the mere existence of VAR still has its pros and cons. Personally I hope this blue card is not enforced, it will make the match much more difficult to predict. There are lots of opportunities for match fixing and so on, because 10 minutes off the field is enough for the opposing team to score a lot of goals, I thought in that direction.

I always thought that when something wasn't going well, it would make perfect sense to make some changes to that thing, but when something was going well, then that thing shouldn't be changed. By that I mean that I'm shocked when I see these changes in football when in my opinion football is doing very well without these changes, I hope that with these blue cards they won't waste too much time during the game, because every time the referee gives a card blue for a player, when that player is walking from the field to the outside of the field, he will be wasting time and when it comes to compensating for this time, the referee may not be able to compensate correctly

Therefore, the implementation of the blue card could create another problem that would waste time and certain teams could use this blue card to equate time in their favor, I hope that FIFA analyzes this issue of the blue card very carefully, in my opinion the card yellow is enough for minor offenses and the red card is also enough. The only thing I see that needs to improve is this issue of time management when the referee gives extra time. In my opinion, time should be stopped as soon as there is a problem with a player on the field, that way there would not be a need for extra time, which has affected many games. many goals have been scored in more than 90 minutes. If the game ended exactly in 90 minutes it would be fairer

It's getting more and more difficult to understand why they keep developing this kind of thing when yellow cards and red cards I think are good enough as they are, it's just that now there are always many formats that are added.
I haven't received much news about opposing this new rule, but I'm sure many will not support it, and whether it's true that this new rule will be tested in FA matches is what I know from twitter.

The only way the player wouldn't look at it as a punishment is if this 10 minutes off can be turned into a 10-minute coffee break.

I'm not very familiar with the rules but normally when a team player is going out, there must be a substitute that will come to replace the position like in basketball so how is this going to be fair to the team when they just lost one player? I'm guessing there is a new organization in Football trying to impose their rules.

True, for me its ridiculous, body contact, tackle, etc will always happen in football whether is intentionally or unintentionally.
Also losing one or more players in 10 minutes is definitely a big blow for any team.

If we think clearly, the blue card punishment is more harsh than a yellow card (1st) because of the reason above.
Nah, it will kill the essence of football with that way and I hope UEFA/FIFA will never agree about it.

Two blues equal a red and at the end, punishment on a player is similar to yellow card. With two yellow cards, it equals to a red card and you will be sent off forever from that match.

Blue cards remind me about basketball, not football and I dislike this idea. It can be exploited too as if a coach want to make change but only temporarily, he will request a player to make a foul, get a blue card, then he can send a new player in for 10 minutes. In football, 10 minutes sometimes are long enough for magic like Liverpool equalized the Champions League final match against AC Milan.

I believe the blue card idea and proposal will die like golden goal that was applied firstly in France 98.

I think I have heard about it also, but the blue card will only be issued if a player made a tactical foul, just as the one that happened yesterday night at the African cup of nations between Nigeria vs south Africa, where the captain of the Nigerian team trust Ekong stop a counter attack by pulling a south Africa players shirt opening, just to stop the counter.

I believe that since the beautiful game of football is getting more modernize by the day, this particular blue card of a thing is a welcome development, since var and goal line technology is already in place in today's football.

I can remember this from our local street football, but this usually happens at a game without a referee. Everyone in the crowd is a referee, and we do our own judging and vote on whether the person should really be kicked out entirely or given a temporary punishment.
 
This idea of a green card I really don't buy it. They might think they are bringing something unique to the game, but they might end up spoiling the whole football experience. Let it just go with the two cards we are all aware of: if the offence is less, you take the yellow as a warning, and if it's high, you take the red.
 
If this blue card is introduced, it will reduce the work of the red card. The referees will start being a little more lenient in cases where he could have served one a red card; they will go for blue and give the person a temporary suspension from the game.

It will be like a cheat to the team that the player was given blue card and this can demoralize the players from bringing out the best in them. It is better that IFAB leaves the red card and yellow card that footballers and fans are used to, rather than making it complicated for players on the pitch.

What is the difference when a player has two blue card that is equivalent to to a red card, and also two yellow card is also equivalent to a red card, are they not the same ting. I am happy that they know it might not work and that is why they want to test it first on smaller leagues. Let these people come up with something new and not blue card in football because it is irrelevant.

What's the world of football turning into, I think they should allow things to be normal. So does it mean that people red will not be given easily again, though am not the people to decide but I think this might not be accepted by many because it sounds like a childish play, most of the rules they are introducing to football lately is make it boring.
I don't see this innovation as you call changing anything rather it will make the football that we use to know to look like unserious stuff, though this is my opinion.

Yeah, I can relate to the concept but I don't know how this would fan out though in a real soccer game, I mean whats the essence of the players leaving for that 10mins. Over here in Nigeria like you stated the reason why this foul is issued out is because that's cover the offence of both yellow card and red card since there is no official card for that small post so this serve as a small punishment for the offender and also to keep the game in check so that it won't get all crazy with lots of fouls because believe me it can really get crazy when players are all tensed so cooling off for some minutes is the solution to that but I don't see how effective and useful it will be if FIFA or UEFA decides to implement this.

I don’t like the idea, I think it’s stupid. They should just leave the game as it is, we don’t need anything like this coming in.

Hopefully it doesn’t gather much backing and gets thrown out before they try to implement it into elite level mens football.

There is  these news going round about blue card sin-bins that is said to be introduced as one of the rules in football.
Basically the whole idea of this blue card sin-bins is to punish players that have committed foul against another player, so when the referee shows you blue card, you are to go outside and stay for 10 minutes while the game will still be going on, you will remain there for 10 minutes then you come back afterwards and continue with the game, however this does not take the place of yellow card and the red card.

Locally in my country Nigeria we used to do this for small goal post that is normally called monkey post, if a player tackles his opponent wrongly, we used to tell the prayer to go out and stay for some minutes and then come back, because it's most times a five aside game, so we don't usually use cards. but seeing these rules wanting to be introduced on the international scene surprises me.

So guys how do you see this new intended innovation, is it going to change the face of football across the world, let's have your opinion.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2024/02/08/blue-cards-to-be-introduced-for-football-sin-bins/