Michel Platini: Uefa chief wants sin-bin over yellow cards"I would make it like rugby, punishing the offender with 10 or 15 minutes out of the game," he said in an interview with Spanish sports daily newspaper AS.

Uefa president Platini also backed the idea of allowing national cup champions to take part in the Champions League. Under the existing in-game disciplinary system a player who is shown a straight red card or two yellow cards in the same game is immediately sent off and cannot be replaced.

However, if a player picks up a certain number of yellow cards spread over several matches they will be suspended for future games, and it is this aspect that most concerns Platini.

The former France captain, who won 76 international caps between 1976-87 and has run Uefa since 2007, also believes goalkeepers who concede a penalty should not be sent off. "It seems excessive," he said. "The penalty is itself already is punishment enough.

"I think it's something that everyone in Fifa and Uefa agree, but one or two of the countries that make up the International Board are unwilling to change."
WHAT IN THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THIS GUY?

It's plain idiocy. Let's use some analogies to explain why.

First of all, the yellow card is meant to caution a player. After receiving one, he will have to play more carefully, otherwise risking a second yellow, and being sent off. Now, look at the most recent El Clasico. After Ramos received a yellow card early on in the game, he was forced to back off from most challenges. Barcelona would much rather have Ramos play on the entire game with a yellow card (on the caution of a red), rather than having him rest up for 15 minutes (whilst Real just play deeper), and come on fresh once again, free to pick up another yellow.

Another viable method I can use to point out just how mentally challenged Michel Platini really is, by concluding that it is possible for more than one player on a team to receive yellow cards in a short period of time. If too many players received yellow cards within a short amount of time, we could end up seeing a 11 v 8 or 11 v 9, which would be extremely unfair and very much unlike football (unless they are red cards, of course).

Please Platini, leave football alone. You playing career was legendary, but your presidency is just folly. :P

There are so many things wrong with what Platini's said.
So this man is basically saying a player who tackles an opponent which would be deemed as a yellow card is out for a portion of the game. Are you serious. Might as well give the players a red card because if there are two tackles from the same team OR MORE, it would essentially be 11 v 8 which is ridiculous.
And why would you want teams from other countries participating in the UEFA champions league. UEFA. That's all I'm gonna say for this.
To be honest, why would he try and change the suspension and punishment system? It's good as it is.
The only thing I might agree with the slightest would be cutting the GK's some slack and not giving them the red card along with the penalty.
Other than that, everything lee this man said Is utter BS.

I dont understand how is this man still head of UEFA and most likely to replace Blatter at FIFA . Is it political power ? Who backs him up ? He certainly does not shine with brilliant mind . He never proposed anything smart and never made anything smart to help football . Football has grown even more corrupt with ridiculous new rules imposed every year. Resting a player so he come back well rested and tackle the crap out of the player knowing full well that he can comeback into game ? Whatever Platini smokes I would like it too .

Dear Michel:

What if a GK is the one commiting the offence?
Does he get sent to the bin? Does the team substitute another GK in his place and when his 15 minutes are up there are now 2 Gk's on the team?

Anyone heard about the "time out" in Football??

This isn't hockey or rugby, it won't work in football. Football is a man's sport. We don't have time outs like little kids. It's either you play or you don't.

blatter, platini: same shit. Two idiots who can't take responsibilities. One wants goal technology, one doesn't, one wants to remove yellow cards. Seriously?

Does this man has a brain? Or the Mafia is controlling the UEFA?