Yellow Cards : How Long Is Too Long?

Been watching my local ice hockey team the Cardiff Devils this season - one preseason warm-up two weeks ago and a league match last night

3 periods of 20 mins stop time so not hugely different to a Rugby Union match

Penalties are determined very quickly and transgressors sent to the box for 2 mins for most offences

There’s a real sense of urgency to use that 2 minute one man advantage

Is a 10 minute YC too long? Especially for ‘rugby incidents’ or clumsiness

Should we reduce it to 5 mins?

Less overall impact on the match, especially for the underdog

May encourage teams to actually attack more when they have the numerical advantage

Thoughts to the usual address

I've been saying this for F'n years!

More but shorter yellow cards!

E.g. if a defending team transgresses on their goal line, bin i'm straight away. And if the attacking team then scores - end of yellow card.

Yeah - I've been considering this for a little while... lean INTO yellow cards, but shorter, and call them "Power-Plays".
BUT - with ice-hockey it kinda works because they WANT to see "dirty play" - they love the fights and shit. Would this just be encouraging head-high tackles and the such? Would it finally be what is the fear of every paranoid northern-hemisphere newspaper, enabling "tactical thuggery"?

@Kruse said in Yellow Cards : How Long Is Too Long?:

Yeah - I've been considering this for a little while... lean INTO yellow cards, but shorter, and call them "Power-Plays".
BUT - with ice-hockey it kinda works because they WANT to see "dirty play" - they love the fights and shit. Would this just be encouraging head-high tackles and the such? Would it finally be what is the fear of every paranoid northern-hemisphere newspaper, enabling "tactical thuggery"?

No

Because dirty shit will be upgraded to 20 mins

just quietly i want more dirty shit....

@MiketheSnow said in Yellow Cards : How Long Is Too Long?:

Been watching my local ice hockey team the Cardiff Devils this season - one preseason warm-up two weeks ago and a league match last night

3 periods of 20 mins stop time so not hugely different to a Rugby Union match

Penalties are determined very quickly and transgressors sent to the box for 2 mins for most offences

There’s a real sense of urgency to use that 2 minute one man advantage

Is a 10 minute YC too long? Especially for ‘rugby incidents’ or clumsiness

Should we reduce it to 5 mins?

Less overall impact on the match, especially for the underdog

May encourage teams to actually attack more when they have the numerical advantage

Thoughts to the usual address

i dont think it really works

a) hocky is much faster, you could have several scoring opportunities in 2 mins, much slower to get from one end to the other in rugby...which leads to the second point

b) a person going in the bin is the equivalent of 2.5 people on a rugby pitch as far as the hole it leaving in the defence. one player often doesnt make a huge difference to a rugby team, one try in a 10min period would be a good result...teams could hustle for 5min and make it mean little

First change the rules so that the clock stops for all stoppages - right now every time a card is given, time-wasting is incentivised.

Ice hockey is only like 5-a-side isn't it? And on a smaller playing area?

Makes sense for it to be shorter when there's less players (e.g. SVNS). Can't see it having much impact in FFTNS.