- Jan 12, 2005
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This has always been my view.If the aim is to actually deter/stop cynical fouls and dissent in order to make the game better why not just make them red cards?
The interpretation at the moment seems to be a 'clear goal scoring opportunity' is only when it's a one on one.
But a defender would not commit those kinds of fouls unless he believed he was preventing a 'clear goal scoring opportunity''.
Simply turn them into reds and it solves the problem.