Uruguay has introduced a new refereeing tool: 'virtual cards', a cellphone-like device that replaces traditional cards. The ref can select either yellow or red on the device to show the player and then annotate info in it that goes directly into the natio

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(link in spanish, you can use google translate to get the gist of it) The main idea behind the innovation, as I understand, is to remove inconsistencies. With this new system, the ref wouldn't need to manually note in his post match report what player received what card and when, it would go to the database (the Comet) immediately after he notes it middle-match. It would help immensely in cases where a player is mistakenly shown a second yellow without being shown a red, which happens more often than it should. Plus the info on the device would be available for broadcasters so the journos would always know what player was carded, in case there were some ambiguities.   submitted by   /u/DiamondPittcairn [link]   [comments]