That's ridiculous people will take one for the team and gambl on them missing the penalty surely??
the triple punishment always seemed harsh for me (pen, red card and ban)
Why? You commit a foul that is worthy of a red card and you deserve a ban, if you do it in the penalty area then it is worthy of a penalty.
From now on, every time someone is through on goal you could foul them outside the penalty area and get a red but wait until they go in the area and get a yellow? how ridiculous.
Obviously it doesn't mean you can do whatever you want in the box, if a tackle is bad enough to be a red card tackle then it's still a red card.