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'Triple punishment' left off IFAB agenda

February 4, 2013
By ESPN staff
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) will not discuss the "triple punishment", which has been criticised by some as being too draconian, when it convenes next month.

The punishment can mean a player who gives away a penalty is sent off and automatically suspended, but critics say a penalty on its own should be sufficient punishment for non-violent fouls.

Franz Beckenbauer led a FIFA working group which suggested replacing the red card with a yellow except in the ...

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