Intro:

Jerome Champagne announced his candidacy for the FIFA Presidential elections in London. Champagne called for improved governance from FIFA but refused to comment on whether he would stand against the current President Sepp Blatter. He also advocated the introduction of an orange card and sin bins in the sport.

Script:

SOUNDBITE: (English) Jerome Champagne, FIFA Presidential candidate (on potential changes in football refereeing):

"I advocated that football will introduce a system like in rugby - the captain only will have the possibility to talk (to the referee) in case of a problem, during a free kick the ball is moved forward by ten yards. It works perfectly in rugby. Sin bins are a solution because sometimes the referee thinks about a player that got a yellow card in the first minute and then commits something - the referee's only choice is not to give a second yellow because he knows it will be a red and the red will distort the match. Sometimes it has happened when a player who has got a yellow in the first half, scores a goal, takes the jersey off. We need to give referees a wider scope of possibilities. Of course if a player does something and deserves a red, he gets a red, but sometimes the referee could need an intermediate card - I call it the orange card and with the sin bin - second yellow you have pay, two or three minutes, next time he's off. Gradation of the sanctions because the referees need more possibilities to do what they're doing."