Sin bins are set to be trialled at higher levels of professional football after the International Football Association Board (IFAB) met in London on Tuesday to discuss the laws of the game.
As part of the approved proposal, only team captains will be able to approach the referees with football’s chiefs eager to increase respect towards officials and stamp out abuse.
During IFAB’s Annual Business Meeting in the capital, it was agreed that team captains will be able to approach the referee in ‘certain major situations’.
The new proposals come in the wake of Mail Sport’s campaign to kick out the mistreatment of officials in football, sparked by the harrowing accounts of abuse shared by grassroots referees on the It’s All Kicking off podcast.
Ten-minute sin bins will be trialled ‘for dissent and specific tactical offences’ after being successfully implemented within grassroots football.
Sin bins are set to be trialled in professional football. Lewis Dunk is shown a red card for dissent by Anthony Taylor during Saturday’s clash between Brighton and Nottingham Forest
Sin bins have been hugely popular since their introduction into grassroots and junior football in England in 2019, with players who display words or actions of dissent forced to leave the pitch for 10 minutes of the match.
The successful trial of match officials wearing body cameras at grassroots level was also discussed during the meeting in London – and football’s lawmakers will continue to monitor their value.
Brighton captain Lewis Dunk was sent off by Anthony Taylor this weekend after persistently arguing with the official even after being initially shown a yellow card for dissent.
Outside of abuse towards officials, IFAB talked over potential strategies to stamp out time-wasting, discussing the six-second rule on goalkeeper distribution, delayed restarts and managing injures.
Keen to quicken the process of VAR, it was agreed that semi-automated offside technology will continue to assist on-field match officials in an effort to speed up decision-making.
The lawmakers also considered a potential review of next season’s rules. Law 12 (Fouls and Misconduct) is set for an amendment so that handball offences for penalties are punished in the same way as fouls.
More to follow.
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