Burnley boss Sean Dyche wants retrospective bans for diving
Monday 12 December 2016 23:31, UK
Burnley boss Sean Dyche believes diving could be eradicated within six months if retrospective bans were introduced
The issue has come to the fore again after Hull's Robert Snodgrass won a penalty against Crystal Palace during the side's 3-3 draw on Saturday, with the Scotland international himself admitting the spot-kick should never have been awarded.
Dyche is passionately opposed to simulation and says he has even pulled his own players to one side to admonish them for exaggerating contact this season.
Now he wants the issue to be taken out of managerial hands and taken on by a disciplinary panel, who could issue warnings or suspensions depending on the offence.
"It's got to a level now that it's that theatrical that I'm surprised people don't just start laughing," he said.
"It's gone too far. It's ridiculous. There are fans out there who must be tired of seeing it and I'm tired of how it's crept into our game to become accepted.
"I just can't see it from a moral point of view, from a brand point of view, from the culture of the game and for the health of the game.
"Introduce retrospective bans and it will be gone. Certain teams would have three or four players done immediately, from a warning in private to the manager, up to a three-game ban.
"It's simple to officiate. You have a panel of experts and give out bans.
"Within six months the panel would be defunct because people wouldn't be doing it anymore.
"I'm stunned it's not been introduced."
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