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Should football give blue cards the green light?

5 Live listeners tell Nicky Campbell what they think.

The International Football Association Board - which makes football's rules - is going to trial the idea of referees issuing a blue card for dissent or cynical fouls. It would mean the player has to spend 10 minutes in a sin bin. We鈥檙e still awaiting details of when it will start and which competitions it will involve, but it definitely won鈥檛 be at the elite level yet. Sin-bins have already been used in the grassroots for dissent, and they鈥檙e used regularly in rugby. 5 Live listeners told Nicky Campbell if they liked the idea of blue cards.

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