LONDON — Soccer’s law-making panel on Wednesday rejected a request by the Premier League and MLS for trials with temporary substitutes to replace players with suspected concussion. The panel, known as IFAB, said “no consensus was reached” on the debate, with FIFA’s opposition proving a key barrier to change wanted by the leagues, who are supported by France’s Ligue 1 …
A request by the Premier League and Major League Soccer to use temporary substitutes for players with suspected concussion will go to a meeting Wednesday of the game’s lawmaking panel. The leagues have been joined by France’s Ligue 1 in asking to start a more flexible protocol for head injuries in their next season — which for MLS opens February …
FIFA’s chief of global football development and former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger had proposed a host of rule changes to football back in 2020 including a change in offside law and introducing kick-ins instead of throw-ins. Wenger’s proposals now seem to have received attention as his ideas are set to be trialled after discussions by the International Football Association Board …
