Levy’s proposals include: Restructuring the current yellow card, green card & red card system Replacing change of possession with time-served penalties (30 seconds, 1 minute, releasable and non-releasable) Further penalize teams after accumulating four minutes of penalties (both technical and personal) per quarter, team penalties will be unreleasable, to be reset each quarter. Any individual player who accumulates five minutes of personal fouls during the game has fouled out and cannot re-enter the game. Move to 10v10 from 12v12 on-field setup Three players behind the restraining line when teams are on offense and during a draw The proposal also provides suggestions on how types of fouls should be restructured and appropriately penalized, breaking into two types of technical and personal fouls:
Technical Foul #1 — penalized with change of possession and shot clock reset: Blocking/illegal pick Charging, barging, pushing into, forcing through Covering Empty stick check False start Illegal body ball Illegal cradle Illegal draw Illegal stick Pass from out of bounds Play from out of bounds Warding Delay of game fouls Goal circle fouls
Technical Fouls #2 — penalized with 30 second releasable penalty& a shot clock reset: Shooting space & 3 seconds fouls Delay of game Non-engagement Green card Offsides Personal Fouls #1 — Penalized with a one-minute releasable penalty & shot clock reset: Cross Check Illegal Body Check — initiating contact from the rear or at/below the waist Dangerous stick in the sphere Illegal use of the stick (ie. slash, striking opponent in any part of face, neck, chest, back, shoulders, arms, hands, groin with the cross including the [Censored] end) Holding Pushing Push from behind with or without the ball Check to the head (inadvertent) Dangerous follow through Dangerous propelling Flopping/embellishment Personal Fouls #2 — Misconduct and Expulsion fouls, penalized with 2-3 minute unreleasable penalty or red card: Deliberate/Excessive violent push from behind Targeted cross check with no attempt to make a play on the ball Reckless check to the head Slash/illegal use of stick escalation Unsportsmanlike conduct Unnecessary roughness Excessively violent infraction of the rules Excessively rough or dangerous, unsportsmanlike play Repeated, persistent, or flagrant violation of the rules Deliberately endangering the safety of an opposing player