Cynical fouls like this one from Giorgio Chiellini on Bukayo Saka (right) can end up with time in the bin. Photo: AP/Laurence Griffiths
Professional football will introduce bins as part of a revolutionary crackdown on dissent and cynical abuse.
The game's lawmakers agreed on Tuesday to trial the rugby-style measure in elite competition. such as the Premier League – possibly as early as next season.
Shin-bins have been successfully fighting dissent at grassroots and youth levels for many years, and in the new trials they could also be used to punish tactical pollution.
According to Telegraph Sport, the International Football Association (Ifab) Council has also approved a global trial of another rugby union rule, under which only team captains will be allowed to discuss the decision with the match referee.
The trial has been accelerated amid dire warnings from leaders Ifab on the behavior of players about which they said: “It could be the cancer that is killing football.”
Ifab's annual business meeting on Tuesday decided that bins are the key to preventing this and a protocol will now be drawn up to determine exactly how they will work.
Suppression of dissent
This will include the need to reflect the behavior of players . are sent off for 10 minutes in grassroots and youth football, which means simply sending them off the field after being shown a yellow card, or introducing a new orange card into the game.
This will be removed from the field for 10 minutes. also involves deciding which violations fall within the scope of the law, with the goal of stopping any violation that interferes with a promising attack but does not meet the threshold for a red card.
One of the examples given during the meeting on Tuesday, Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini's hit on England's Bukayo Saka in the last European Championship final resulted in only a yellow card.
Mark Bullingham, chief executive of the Football Association and Ifab director, said: “We looked at the area of dissent and it worked very well in the grassroots game in England.”
“We also talked about other areas, particularly tactical fouls . I think the frustration of fans when they watch matches and see a promising counter-attack spoiled because of it (and the question of whether a yellow card is enough for it) has led us to wonder whether we should use it in the protocol too.”
He added: “Some players do commit a foul – I know people call it a tactical foul, a cynical foul, a professional foul, but a foul that stops a promising attack – and they do it deliberately, knowing they will get a yellow card.” card and we think it really ruins the game. So, wouldn't they do this if they felt there would be a sin bin?
“I think despite all these things, the success of the sin bin in grassroots games was more about prevention than cure. You get to the point where players realize the threat of trash cans and therefore don't break the rules. And we hope that this will lead to the same changes.”
Asked whether the FA would volunteer for sinner trials in the FA Cup or Women's Super League, Bullingham said: “Those are all conversations that need to be had. I think we'll have to look at the protocol when it comes out and then decide which league is best to try it out in. But from the conversation, it's all about improving player behavior at every level. So I think eventually you want to get to that point. But let's wait and see what the protocol is, talk to the leagues and clubs and see who is willing to take part in the trial.”
Attempts to improve the Var system
At Tuesday's meeting, agreement was reached to discuss in detail whether whether to expand the Video Assistant Referee system to include decisions on penalties, corners and second yellow cards, with the commitment that any changes should not lead to additional delays.< /p>
And it has emerged that the latest development in semi-automated offside technology will be trialled at next month's Club World Cup, which will allow an instant message to be sent to match officials when a player is clearly offside.
In terms of rule changes, the meeting nearly approved one regarding players preventing a goal from being scored by handballing on the goal line. Currently, this crime is punishable by a mandatory red card as well as a fine, regardless of intent. At next year's annual general meeting, a change was agreed upon whereby such handballs would be considered unintentional and would only be punishable by a warning.
Five big changes coming to football Sin-bins
There has long been talk of introducing rugby-style bins into professional football, but Ifab were not expected to agree to do so at their meeting on Tuesday. The fact that he has endorsed a global trial that could potentially begin as early as next summer demonstrates the seriousness of his crackdown on dissent, with his leaders even going so far as to add cynical abuse to the list of applicable offences.
The use of dustbins in tournaments such as the Premier League would represent nothing less than a revolution in the way the game is controlled.
Only team captains can talk to the referees about decisions.< p>Another long-standing rule in rugby. It will also be trialled alongside trash cans to help stamp out dissent in the game. This season it will go even further than in professional football in England, where players risk being booked if two or more of them surround the referee.
Ifab also discussed at its meeting stricter penalties for disrespectful behavior and cooling-off periods in the event of mass clashes, with a view to developing further legal proceedings. Its leaders have warned that if nothing is done, “this could become the cancer that kills football.”
Handball Law
Currently, it is an automatic red card if a defender stops the ball going into the goal, with the help of either her hand or arm, regardless of intention. Ifab agreed in principle to relax this provision so that only handballs deemed to be deliberate would be punishable by sending off.
This will differentiate between the type of offense that famously saw Luis Suarez sent off for kicking the ball over the crossbar during the 2010 World Cup, and the one that saw Reece James red for when he blocked a kick on goal line, and this two years ago was bounced on hand in a Premier League match between Liverpool and Chelsea.
A controversial handball by Luis Suarez denied Ghana a place in the semi-finals of the 2010 World Cup. Photo: Getty Images/Bob Thomas Ball on penalty kick
With match officials now strictly enforcing rules that prevent goalkeepers from leaving their line until a penalty has been kicked – which video assistant referees are also tasked with checking – Ifab agreed to restore the balance by preventing the kicker from moving the ball to the very leading edge of the penalty.
Now it will be clear that the center of the ball should be in the center of the spot. Ifab also agreed to discuss in detail whether Var should be expanded to include free kicks, corner kicks and second yellow cards.
 scored. New rules will ban players from betting ball on the edge of the dot.Photo: Getty Images/Arron Gent Semi-automated offside call.</p><p>Following the meeting, it emerged that the latest developments in semi-automatic play will be trialled at the Club World Cup next month. Automated offside technology that will send an instantaneous telling match officials when a player is more than 50cm offside. Just as the referee's watch buzzes when goal line technology determines a goal has been scored, this measure is designed to speed up clear offside decisions and prevent unnecessary continuation of play during the review. Match officials will still be responsible for deciding whether anyone interfered with play before awarding a free kick.</p></div><div class=)
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