LONDON — Football's lawmaking body is to reconsider whether players who concede penalties should also be sent off.
The current triple-punishment sees a player who denies the opposing team a goal-scoring opportunity red-carded, handed a suspension and the opposition awarded a penalty kick.
FIFA has put the issue on the agenda for the annual International Football Association Board meeting, which takes place in Zurich next month.
England's outgoing refereeing chief Keith Hackett recently urged IFAB members to change the rule.
"Why are you sending a player off when you have already reinstated that goal-scoring opportunity as a penalty kick?" Hackett said in an interview with The Associated Press. "If you take the logic of that, the penalty kick is actually reinstating the opportunity. Just award the penalty kick if it is inside the penalty area and caution the player."
IFAB — the custodians of the laws of football — is made up of the four United Kingdom football associations and FIFA, which holds the other four votes. Motions must be passed by at least six votes.
Also on the agenda, the Scottish Football Association has proposed allowing players to be treated on the pitch for injuries inflicted by an opponent to prevent giving teams a numerical advantage.
The meeting will also hear updates on the Europa League's trial of using an extra official behind each goal and developments in goal-line technology.