The sin list of plastic bags just got longer. On top of everything else, they can affect celebrity athletes' performance -- at least according to Australian soccer player, Mark Schwarzer.

Schwarzer received a yellow card in the June 14 game where his team, the Socceroos, won 3-1 over Qatar in Doha for alleged time-wasting, reported the Sydney Morning Herald.

But the heroic athlete said he wasn't wasting time. All he did was try to deal with a plastic bag blown into his goalmouth.

"There was a big plastic bag sitting in the middle of the goal, and I asked the referee if I could move it and he said yes. As I came back and placed the ball down he gave me a yellow card," Schwarzer was quoted as saying.

I wouldn't blame him if Schwarzer decided to join the anti-plastic-bag crowd now. Thanks to that plastic bag, he'll miss the World Cup qualifier against China.