Former English football referee Keith Hackett says that blue cards would act as a sanction for referees to use, which would encourage players to "behave better on the field of play." He said that something must be done to combat the image of modern football, which has been "tarnished" by badly behaving footballers. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 refereeing at the current level, current year, is not easy. Players diving, simulating, cheating
00:08 is a better word, and grappling make life very difficult for referees. And those images do cascade
00:17 down to grassroots level and make life at grassroots level refereeing very, very difficult. I understand
00:24 that we all want to keep the game clean, we would like the old laws and no changes, but we're in the
00:31 modern era and the game and the image of the game is being tarnished by the behaviour of players.
00:37 And therefore the lawmakers have to make these adjustments to say how can we maintain a positive
00:43 image for the game that transmits around the world. It's giving an arm and a piece of sanction
00:47 for the referee to use, but it is also saying to the players, look, behave better on the field of
00:53 play. And to managers, if you want to retain the chance of winning, then stop your team going down to 10 men.