Transitory dismissals, also known as sin-bins, for yellow card offenses at lower levels of the game could be given the approval at a yearly meeting of football’s administer makers one month from now. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) said on Wednesday that a proposal to permit such dismissals in youth and beginner football was on the motivation for consideration at its yearly meeting at Wembley Stadium on March 3.
Tests have been done in European soccer body UEFA’s improvement competitions and some beginner leagues throughout the last three years. “It is more difficult with 10 against 11, and even more so with eight or nine,” he told.
The IFAB plan includes the extension of modifications to the Laws of the Game to give national associations more flexibility to choose issues such as the quantity of substitutions at lower levels. The IFAB will also be refreshed on video assistant referees and the board’s general strategy will also be discussed.
Previous Dutch global Marco van Basten, FIFA’s central specialized officer, has said sin bins would profit assaulting teams more than giving a yellow card to the player who has interfered with their turn. “Central to the strategy will be even closer relationships and exchanges with football stakeholders to ensure the IFAB’s proposals and decisions relate to ‘what football wants’,” it said in a statement.
“Particular focus will be given to the role of the captain and how her/his responsibilities could be enhanced as part of a move to improve on-field discipline and create better communication between players and match officials.” Van Basten told last year that world governing body was discussing whether to permit just group captains to speak to referees.
He also proposed abolishing additional time and using an alternate system other than penalties in the shootout.
