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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...rd-programme-help-tackle-foul-play-Italy.html
Serie B is set to launch an innovative new scheme this weekend to help promote fair play in football.
With the sport so often blighted by accusations of gamesmanship or simulation, Italy's second division is moving to counteract this trend by rewarding players for 'conspicuous acts of sportsmanship' and other 'acts of virtue'.
According to Italian newspaper La Stampa, a new 'green card' will be used by referees to signal when a player has done something worthy of praise rather than punishment.
It is hope the scheme will 'highlight those who help to make the game a game and not a battle of primal instincts.'
Red and yellow cards will still be dished out for fouls and dissent but the green card will be shown for acts such as knocking the ball out of play to allow an injured player to receive medical treatment.
There is no in-match reward for earning a green card, such as a free-kick or penalty, but referees will note the players who receive the most over the course of a season.
A list of the division's 'most correct' players will then be compiled, though what incentive there is to feature on that list is yet to be revealed.
The scheme has been created in response to a directive from UEFA to promote fair play in football and has already been used in Italian youth leagues.
Wow. Quite possibly the most POINTLESS "innovation" I've seen since the officials behind the goal line. Why doesn't the ref just summons the player over for a jovial ruffle of the hair ? Maybe he could put one of those little star-stickers on his shirt and give some House Points for his team. Or perhaps issue the player with a knowing smile accompanied by a "Cowell wink".
The possibilities.
Serie B is set to launch an innovative new scheme this weekend to help promote fair play in football.
With the sport so often blighted by accusations of gamesmanship or simulation, Italy's second division is moving to counteract this trend by rewarding players for 'conspicuous acts of sportsmanship' and other 'acts of virtue'.
According to Italian newspaper La Stampa, a new 'green card' will be used by referees to signal when a player has done something worthy of praise rather than punishment.
It is hope the scheme will 'highlight those who help to make the game a game and not a battle of primal instincts.'
Red and yellow cards will still be dished out for fouls and dissent but the green card will be shown for acts such as knocking the ball out of play to allow an injured player to receive medical treatment.
There is no in-match reward for earning a green card, such as a free-kick or penalty, but referees will note the players who receive the most over the course of a season.
A list of the division's 'most correct' players will then be compiled, though what incentive there is to feature on that list is yet to be revealed.
The scheme has been created in response to a directive from UEFA to promote fair play in football and has already been used in Italian youth leagues.
Wow. Quite possibly the most POINTLESS "innovation" I've seen since the officials behind the goal line. Why doesn't the ref just summons the player over for a jovial ruffle of the hair ? Maybe he could put one of those little star-stickers on his shirt and give some House Points for his team. Or perhaps issue the player with a knowing smile accompanied by a "Cowell wink".
The possibilities.
