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[QUOTE="ImperialOrange, post: 1085325, member: 362"]
You'll laugh at the first part of this but I think the answer is to cut down on physicality and punish divers. I like the card system but what gets a card on a given day is up to that specific ref and where the foul takes place. A yellow card is given for a cynical challenge while straight red is a dangerous challenge. If a player compiles 3 or 4 non yellow card worthy fouls it should equate to the receiving a yellow card. You see some refs do this but not all after calling a foul for the 4th time brandish a yellow card and point to all the spots that player has committed fouls but not always.

Fouls called in the midfield are 50:50 but contact in the box is decidedly pro defenders. Liverpool have one of the worst in Martin Skrtel who will drape himself over players and he's far from the only one. If you really want to push scoring, call fouls the same in the box as you would in midfield. You would see a ton more PK's and also defenders having to play looser in the box. If you do that it would also make it more conceivable for a team to come back from a multi goal deficit. The flip side, which everyone wants, is to call fouls and brandish cards for dives in the box. Less rugby style grappling and oscar worthy diving in the box would make the game higher scoring and less detestable in general.

The one caveat with more fouls/cards is players get suspended for accumulation. With bigger "read deeper roster" clubs it would be easier to overcome, but a 3 game suspension for a team in relegation battle could be the difference in staying up or not. End game, it would favor the richer clubs.
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