by Sutekh »
03 Mar 2026 08:02
Clyde1998 Sutekh More piddly law changes on the way….
1. If the referee believes a player is time wasting at a throw in he will raise his hand and count to 5 and if the throw in still hasn’t been taken he will award the throw in to the other team.
2. If the referee perceives time wasting at goal kicks he will award the opposing team a corner.
3. Players will be given 10 seconds to leave the pitch at substitutions, if they fail to do so the substitute will be prevented from joining in for 1 minute after the substituted player has left the pitch.
4. There will also be VAR checks for second yellow cards (sounds stupid, suppose the first yellow card is the dodgy one?) and corners.
5. It is also expected that the IFAB board will rule that injured players who go down for treatment must leave the field for 60 seconds unless they were hurt by a foul that led to a yellow or red card. It will not apply to goalkeepers.
Changes to be implemented worldwide from the start of the WC finals.
Would rather we actually implemented our existing rules, but my views on the concepts are:
- Like the concept, but not every throw in which takes a long time is down to time wasting. Also should be the same amount of time as the goalkeeper holding on to the ball for too long, imo.
- Overly vague, but could be worth having.
- This I like, assuming it doesn't apply when a player is actually injured.
- VAR checks for corners is overreach. Agree with the point about second yellows.
- This seems to be a longer version on the EFL rules (30 seconds?), so worth having. Although in the EFL rules, it applies to any foul not just those which led to a card being given. Seems harsh to force a player to leave the pitch for a minute simply because the referee decided not to give a card.
1. The issue it’s subjective, some refs will be easy going other ref’s are going to be power crazed and on it as soon as possible. So every game will be different for every club.
2. Same issue as with throw ins.
3. Good, now let’s see how many times it’s actually enforced.
4. Pleased. About time VAR was used on something not subjective like corner/goal kick decisions, though I expect they’ll cock it up as many times as the on pitch officials.
5. This I don’t like, many times a player gets a knock in a fair challenge so why should his club get penalised by having to be a player down for 1 minute. There needs to be some trust in the game and if the physios have to come on to assess then that should enough to let the player just rejoin action immediately at the restart. Common sense should therefore prevail from the ref and if club A’s players are going down every couple of minutes then the ref should be able to enforce such a rule.
