Red Card Rule

[Nevadaref]

Originally Posted by ref2coach

The loophole is; "from the next match of the competition in which the player was dismissed." When players are ejected in the final match of an invitational tournament, when do they serve their suspension? TN has taken the stance, for players holding a TSSA player card, that the suspension is served the next match that the team plays as long as the match was on the team's schedule BEFORE the ejection was earned.

True, and as you know most areas do not do it as TN has chosen. I can tell you that NV does not do it that way and our midwest friend "huh?" has stated that this is also not the way it is handled in his area.
However, to my knowledge CA comes darn close to the TN method, if not doing it the same way. They want a report from the event and the player pass taken and mailed to their state office, then a suspension is handed down.

I think that we can agree that any state association can be harsher than the minimum requirement, but also that any state which choses not to give a suspension for a red card earned in an event which ends is not in violation of the USSF/FIFA circular.