adminTHE International Football Association Board (IFAB) will next year in March look at the possibility of introducing sin-bins in football.
According to international media, panels have already been set up to provide guidance and recommendations to the IFAB, a board that makes final decisions on any football law changes.
The ruling, which has proved a success in rugby and ice hockey sees players punished by being sent off for a short period of time before coming back into play.
The sin-bin system is being trialled in the Dutch amateur leagues this season and both Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa president Michel Platini have suggested time penalties for players should be looked at.
Blatter is also on record as advocating for players who would have committed a foul to also spend time outside until the injured player recovers from the injury and gets back to the field.
At the moment, a team with the injured player suffers a double blow, temporarily losing their teammate while the guilty team will be having a full squad.
The panels being set up will have a football one made up of former players and coaches, and a technical panel of referees and law experts.
The IFAB has looked at the issue of the ‘triple punishment’ – where a player concedes a penalty, is sent off and suspended – several times in the past but has resisted making any change.
The changes to IFAB have been brought as part of Fifa’s reforms to try to make the body more transparent and give a voice to other groups involved in football.
The IFAB has also prided itself on being very conservative in terms of changing the laws of the game.
Uefa has already ruled that from this season, yellow cards will be wiped out after the quarter-final stage of the Champions League and Europa League to make sure players do not miss the final through suspension. – Senior Sports Reporter/Online.
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