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Should football cards also have their colour written on them?

Ajr

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Thinking of a colour blind footballer here, poor player doesn't know if he has been sent off or not unless they would be wrote on or different patterns on them or something.

Also could be a problem with kits and this isn't spoken about?
 

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Blue-yellow colorblindness is a real thing, although not as common as red-green. So this could be a real issue (not just for footballers but also for the audience). Maybe different shapes would make sense (I've seen refs use round cards before).
 

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Football as a whole needs to be more colourblind friendly, allowing Newcastle and Sunderland to both wear their home strips when they played each other for example was ridiculous.
 

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Ajr said:
Thinking of a colour blind footballer here, poor player doesn't know if he has been sent off or not unless they would be wrote on or different patterns on them or something.

Also could be a problem with kits and this isn't spoken about?
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Would you suggest the kit problem could be remedied by having the colour in large letters on the front and back?
 

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TheReligion said:
Would you suggest the kit problem could be remedied by having the colour in large letters on the front and back?
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No, but I work in the mapping industry, and we have certain contrast guidelines we go by to make sure our colors work for those visually impaired. I would think you could easily do that with uniform choice (as stated previously in the Newcastle/Sunderland match).
 

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RedRocket9908 said:
Football as a whole needs to be more colourblind friendly, allowing Newcastle and Sunderland to both wear their home strips when they played each other for example was ridiculous.
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The worst I ever saw was highlights of a cup game between a side with yellow kit and blue trim, shorts and socks, and a side with the same shade of blue kit and the same shade of yellow trim, shorts and socks. It frazzled my brain and I couldn't follow at all who was on what team. I'm not ever colour blind at all.
 

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No, they should have a word on them, but the colour would be boring. They could change it up every match for fun, like:

Yellow card = Chill out!
Red card = Off you pop
Blue card = Get in the bin
 

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People responding to this post seriously is a marvel to behold. @Ajr you are a real red devil.
 

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I think the cues should be physical so as not to offend players who have poor eyesight. Instead of putting up a yellow card, the ref should slap the player. If it’s a red he can give them a strong punch to the stomach. For a blue card he can perhaps tickle their balls or something. This way, even footballers that are completely blind like Antony, will know what punishment they’ve received.
 

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Ajr said:
Thinking of a colour blind footballer here, poor player doesn't know if he has been sent off or not unless they would be wrote on or different patterns on them or something.

Also could be a problem with kits and this isn't spoken about?
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Big Ben Foster said:
Blue-yellow colorblindness is a real thing, although not as common as red-green. So this could be a real issue (not just for footballers but also for the audience). Maybe different shapes would make sense (I've seen refs use round cards before).
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RedRocket9908 said:
Football as a whole needs to be more colourblind friendly, allowing Newcastle and Sunderland to both wear their home strips when they played each other for example was ridiculous.
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Has anyone actually met anybody who was colourblind?

Or certainly to anything like this degree?
 

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Gopher Brown said:
Has anyone actually met anybody who was colourblind?

Or certainly to anything like this degree?
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Depending on the TV / settings / projector the Newcastle / Sunderland thing was rough for sure.

I know a few people who are colourblind, my dad struggles with red / brown I know, as when we play snooker he sometimes goes for the wrong ball. Being the lovely son I am I never tell him when he's aiming for the wrong one, and I quite regularly knock the brown down near the reds.
 

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One Night Only said:
Depending on the TV / settings / projector the Newcastle / Sunderland thing was rough for sure.

I know a few people who are colourblind, my dad struggles with red / brown I know, as when we play snooker he sometimes goes for the wrong ball. Being the lovely son I am I never tell him when he's aiming for the wrong one, and I quite regularly knock the brown down near the reds.
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That was rough because it was a kit clash surely, not because of colourblindness.
 
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