Rejected petition Increase requirement for suspension in UEFA Champions League and Europa League

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At present, footballers participating in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League will receive a one match suspension if they collect 3 yellow cards between Matchday 1 until the end of the tournament. This rule has resulted in the suspension of key players towards the latter stages of the tournament.

On average, 6 yellow cards are distributed per game in the in European matches, and as a result, teams striving to reach the Final are severely disadvantaged due to the low amount of cautions leading to a suspension.

By increasing the number of cautions leading to a one -match suspension to 5, both clubs and supporters will benefit from much more exciting matches with world class players on show, whilst players who, having collected 4 yellow cards, deserve to be suspended and will not feature.

This decision would be for the benefit of the game.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

This is a matter for UEFA.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 25 April 2012
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