IFAB: "the (triple) punishment is too harsh and a solution must be found" (129^th General Assembly)

"Following further analysis of the so-called “triple punishment” (Law 12) of sending off, penalty and suspension for the denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity within the penalty area, The IFAB (International Football Association Board) agreed that the punishment is too harsh and that a solution must be found," stated FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) at the end of the 129^th General Meeting of the IFAB organised near Belfast (Northern Ireland) on 28/022015.

"The proposal put forward by UEFA (Union of European Football Associations), including a provision that detailed specific instances where a referee should issue a caution instead of a red card, was rejected. After much debate, The IFAB agreed in principle that one element of the triple punishment may be removed and that this element should be the automatic one-match suspension that is currently defined in the FIFA Disciplinary Code," added FIFA.

"Triple punishment": FIFA will investigate the possible abolition of the automatic ejection at the Executive Committee meeting on 19 and 20/03/2015

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