Article: Foul language rule too 'strong' for Division I soccer

Derek Davis
University Wire
08-20-2003
(Daily Lobo) (U-WIRE) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The Zero Tolerance Foul Language Rule will not affect college soccer fields this season. The proposed rule called for the use of red cards to mediate bad language on the soccer pitch.

In early August the Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet voted against the proposal. At the same time, Division II and III Cabinets approved the measure. The matter will now move to an NCAA oversight committee for a final decision, which could take months.

Although University of New Mexico men's soccer coach Jeremy Fishbein does not necessarily favor the regulation, it does not overly concern him.

"The rule is a little ...

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