Overview
- FIFA’s council, which meets Tuesday in Vancouver, is set to consider a plan to wipe yellow cards after the group stage as well as after the quarterfinals.
- The plan keeps the two-yellow suspension and would split accumulation into the three group games and the first three knockout rounds.
- A player would be suspended only by receiving two cautions in the group stage or two across the last 32, last 16, and quarterfinals.
- The change is intended to reduce the chance a key player misses a knockout match in a 48-team event with an extra Round of 32.
- BBC Sport and The Athletic reported the plan as a proposal, and final approval would still rest with the FIFA Council.