3. Sin Bin
Yeah I know it seems that more rule ideas come from rugby than American sports I know but the sin bin is more famous in ice hockey where they even get their own little bus shelter like bench to sit on after punching another players face in. Its another of the long disgusted ideas for the Premier League as a way to stop the never ending display of yellow and red cards. Now on one is calling for a sin bin for a real nasty challenge like a punch or some two footed leg breaking tackle no I think a sin bin would be best used in cases of dissent and against the last man professional foul. We all hate to see a player sent off for bringing down a forward though on goal then the referee having to produce a straight red card. Normally last man fouls happen in the box so its a penalty too on top of having a man sent off it normally ruins a game to lose a player just for trying to stop his team conceding. A 10 minute sin binning for commit a professional foul works for everyone as the attacking team get another chance to produce a goal scoring opportunity and the player having to make the foul will be back out to help his team so the entire match isnt ruined . Dissent is another tricky decision for the referees who have to punish things like kicking the ball away or clapping their hands sarcastically at him. Its normally an overflow of adrenaline that makes a player lash out like that anger and frustration is a bad thing but it ruins a game seeing a player sent off for having a little kid temper tantrum moment. Instead of punishing the clearly upset player giving him 10 minutes just to cool and calm down seems much better than making him even angrier by sending him off. Mistakes can be made on the field in the heat of the moment of course not all dissent should be a sin bin real crazy stuff like pushing a referee over or embarking on a YouTube style chase of the referee all-round the pitch should of course take a red card like professional fouls that were clearly dangerous or stopped an actually goal being scored. Using a sin bin might help players in moments of madness to reflect and calm down so as to avoid making a silly decision. It could be effective in stopping needless red cards saving players from being sent off. Think how many red cards the likes of Roy Keane and Joey Barton might have avoided if they had been sin binned first then came back onto the field. Ok it probably wouldnt have helped them that much but for other players a sin bin for certain incidents might reduce the overall number of red cards in our game.