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Should there be tougher penalties for dangerous soccer tackles?

Results so far:

No		38%	20 votes	Total: 53 votes
Yes		62%	33 votes	Total: 53 votes

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by Tim Harry

FIFA has already set down the laws of the game, and have set the penalties to be issued by referees when a dangerous tackle is made. This penalty is either a free kick or a pena...read more
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by Costas Chryanthou

Dangerous soccer tackles are already sanctioned by the governing body of soccer and implemented as and when they take place on the soccer pitch by the referee. Some dangerous ta...read more

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by Roberto Alvarez-Galloso

After reading about the dangerous football [soccer] tackles in the BBC Sports Website and after seeing the Website of Victoria Derbyshire with her interview with FIFA President ...read more
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by Simon Wright

It is an oddity that a player can get a three match ban in football (soccer) for gently slapping an opponent and get an equal length of ban for a two footed lunge that breaks an...read more
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by Stan Harris

Why not penalize a foul? I think its already a very high penalty because it increases likelihood of diving, but also they should make diving an automatic red card. Soccer is no...read more

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