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New possible laws - bbc vid
DIR By: Arbitre anglais
Date: January 20, 2026, 12:51 pm
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HTML https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ckgl9n95p3po
Not sure how true but possible ideas reported by BBC. Think
there is an IFAB meeting now/soon?
Actually some interesting suggestions, and anything that stops
the intolerable dark arts ruining games, particularly at
tournaments, is worth trying.
Like the idea of trying anything to combat time wasting. The
8-sec rule has actually been good, even at local level.
The limit on goal kicks/throws etc before reversing could be an
easy win. The subbed player getting off sharpish and sacrificing
a player for treated ‘injured’ goalkeepers could work well too.
The offside, I genuinely don’t get. It’s just a different line
that will often be a hairline decision. When technology is
deciding to the cm, in the end you can be the wrong side by a
smidge.
Others I’d love to tackle:
- players tasked with scuffing the penalty spot and generally
putting off the taker when a penalty is given. Such a turning
point in any game, and a possible YC is no deterrent if you
succeed in putting off the player. If PK given, all defenders
(except GK) must leave the penalty area immediately?
- as discussed this week, more serious sanction for interfering
with an OFR in any way once the signal has been given.
- bench occupants getting involved with things / entering the
FOP.
Wonder if one idea might be a new RC offence of ‘serious
unsporting behaviour’ or similar, which some things could be
classed as (as not violent, or SFP)?
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Re: New possible laws - bbc vid
DIR By: Failed Ref
Date: January 20, 2026, 1:13 pm
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There are discussions about goalkeepers going down with feigned
injuries.
I would like to see moving an injured player classified as VC or
whatever. A red card, 4 match ban.
No doubt there will be judges but we will see.
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Re: New possible laws - bbc vid
DIR By: El Referee
Date: January 20, 2026, 2:35 pm
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--- Quote from: Failed Ref link ---
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> There are discussions about goalkeepers going down with
feigned injuries.
> I would like to see moving an injured player classified as VC
or whatever. A red card, 4 match ban.
> No doubt there will be judges but we will see.
>
--- End Quote ---
How long the ban is would come down to individual competition
rules, not law.
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Re: New possible laws - bbc vid
DIR By: Ref Watcher
Date: January 21, 2026, 4:44 am
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I would like to see moving an injured player classified as VC or
whatever.
[/quote]
This can already be done under the current Laws - excessive
force when not challenging for the ball.
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Re: New possible laws - bbc vid
DIR By: Leggy
Date: January 21, 2026, 12:36 pm
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Agree with AA on the offside proposal by Wenger.
Wherever you draw the line, there will be a player who is very
marginally offside and complaints. The more you push defenders
back towards their own goal, the less room there is for
attacking. The "low block" (whatever that is) will evolve into
the "very low block" and the games will be less entertaining /
exciting.
Leave offside alone please and just live with the fact that - in
games with VAR - you will have a forensic analysis and a correct
decision (hairline or not). In all other games you will a
decision indicated by either a trained AR, an untrained club AR
or a referee operating alone. It will be their best effort and
it will not be coreect 100% of the time, but football has lived
with this for many, many years and can continue to do so.
PS: The non-VAR games comprise about 99.99% of all football
games played under the auspices of FIFA, its affiliated
Confederations and Associations. IFAB should not overlook this!!
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Re: New possible laws - bbc vid
DIR By: ChippenhamCherry
Date: January 21, 2026, 1:30 pm
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I'll be interested to see at what point referees will be
expected to start counting for the countdown for goalkicks and
throw ins. It can't be as soon as the ball goes out of play
because balls can take a while to be retrieved at some levels of
football. If it's when the ball is deemed playable by the ref
that could lead to some very slow retrieval efforts by some
players and some inconsistent application by refs.
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Re: New possible laws - bbc vid
DIR By: arabref
Date: January 22, 2026, 6:00 am
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I don’t see the benefit of a countdown for goal kicks/throw ins.
The six second rule was never enforced so by bringing it in for
goalkeepers holding the ball it has improved that massively.
Referees already caution if they feel there is excessive
delaying the restart for throws/goal kicks without too much
disagreement, so I can’t see how it solves anything.
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Re: New possible laws - bbc vid
DIR By: Ref Watcher
Date: January 22, 2026, 6:34 am
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--- Quote from: arabref link ---
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> I don’t see the benefit of a countdown for goal kicks/throw
ins. The six second rule was never enforced so by bringing it in
for goalkeepers holding the ball it has improved that massively.
Referees already caution if they feel there is excessive
delaying the restart for throws/goal kicks without too much
disagreement, so I can’t see how it solves anything.
>
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I disagree. In my view, the eight-second countdown has been a
clear success in speeding up the game. I see no reason why a
similar approach should not be applied to ball-out-of-play
restarts. The proposed sanction (awarding possession to the
opposition) would be straightforward and proportionate. Some
consideration would be needed regarding when the countdown
begins but apart from that I see no significant issues.
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Re: New possible laws - bbc vid
DIR By: bmb
Date: January 22, 2026, 7:12 am
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--- Quote from: arabref link ---
>
> I don’t see the benefit of a countdown for goal kicks/throw
ins. The six second rule was never enforced so by bringing it in
for goalkeepers holding the ball it has improved that massively.
Referees already caution if they feel there is excessive
delaying the restart for throws/goal kicks without too much
disagreement, so I can’t see how it solves anything.
>
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Every game all I hear around me is fans yelling at the ref about
how long it takes for a throw in to be taken. Granted there is
an occasional booking, grabbing random meaningless figure maybe
1 throw in from 25 the yellow card comes out, the other 24
continue with the all too usual faff of, hand the ball over over
to a team mate 3/4 times, stroll casually up the touchline, hand
the ball to a team mate when sent back by the ref, change the
ball over, have a little wipe with a towel or shirt, stroll the
other way down the touchline, hand ball to team mate who's
already got a different ball, wipe both with a towel, while
deciding which ball to use, give one ball to a ball boy/girl,
the other to a team mate and ask a different ball boy/girl for a
ball. Meanwhile I've nipped out of the ground, gone to costa
over in Poole, got a coffee, back to Bournemouth, snuck back
into the ground, drunk my coffee and still the throw hasn't been
taken!
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Re: New possible laws - bbc vid
DIR By: El Referee
Date: January 22, 2026, 8:09 am
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I'd really like them to go further in trialing stopping the
clock each time the ball goes out of play. Maybe they'd need to
shorten the length of the match, but would in theory help stop
this time wasting.
The countdown for throw ins is all well and good, but as someone
said, are they expecting the big centre half to sprint up to the
penalty area everytime they get a throw in........
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