👀 Could it reach the pros too? First association brings in black card!

👀 Could it reach the pros too? First association brings in black card! Every weekend, lots of yellow and red cards are handed out on football pitches of every kind imaginable. In Romania, a third color is now being added. As the Romanian Football Federation has announced, a new rule is being introduced to curb inappropriate behavior by parents and spectators at youth football matches. Specifically, there will be a black card. In the future, referees will be able to use it to punish insulting and inappropriate behavior in youth football. The aim is to protect children from pressure and abuse. This was reported by the Catalan newspaper ‘Sport’. To protect young footballers The federation explained the potentially groundbreaking step in the sport as follows: “Football must remain a game, a place of joy and healthy development for children. With the BRAVO platform, the Romanian federation is continuing its efforts to combat one of the most painful situations in youth football: bullying and pressure from parents and spectators in the stands.” The new rule was approved on Friday and is now set to be introduced as a new disciplinary measure for seven- to 16-year-olds. Black card - and then what? But what happens after the black card is shown? It’s very simple: the match is abandoned. “The black card is the visual signal by which the referee unequivocally announces that the match has been permanently abandoned due to inappropriate behavior by spectators or parents,” the federation explained. Until the card is shown, there will be warnings as usual, and temporary stoppages of play will also initially be possible. But once the black card is shown, that’s the end of it and the match is over. What will be punished? Verbal abuse, hitting and pushing children or other participants, and similar behavior are to be punished. Romania is therefore the first country in the world to have a black card. What do you think of it? Could something like this one day be conceivable in the Bundesliga as well — for example, in cases of insults or racism? This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.