- Reluctance by referees to use pitch-side monitors has been one of the most common complaints of VAR in the Premier League
- But in a bid to restore the integrity of the use of technology, IFAB has announced new changes to its use beginning next season
- The body also confirmed plans to review the offside law involving ‘armpit offsides’
The International Football Association Board (IFAB)
has announced a raft of new changes to the Laws
of the Game. The rules include alterations to Video Assistant
Referee (VAR), handball rule and decisions on
penalty kick.
Under the new guidelines, the football law-making
body ruled referees will be required to take time
looking at pitch-side monitors during reviewable
incidents. Initially, the monitors were only used on one
occasion and has been a cause of complaint among
fans.
“Where a reviewable incident is subjective, the
expectation is that the referee will undertake
an ‘on-field review’,” the IFAB said in a
statement.
IFAB further provided clarification on the
controversial 'accidental' handball decisions, with
the body resolving a player will only be penalised if
the action immediately results in a goal or an
obvious chance for one to score. On the penalty-taking protocol, IFAB ruled a
goalkeeper coming off the line during a spot-kick
will only lead to the retaking of a penalty only of if
the initial kick is saved. That implies, penalty efforts that miss the target will
not be retaken even if the keeper comes off the
line. Further, intrusion into the area by outfield players
from both sets of teams during penalty-taking will
lead to it being retaken.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that Premier League squads have dropped in value
totaling £1.6billion due to the Coronavirus crisis, according to a
football statistics website.
Man City are the biggest losers this period after
incurring a loss worth £225million weeks after
footballing activities have been put on hold across
the globe. Transfermarkt calculates a player’s value using a
variety of data and the aggregated estimates of site
users. Raheem Sterling remains the most expensive player
in the Englistopflight division, but his price has
dropped by £29m to £115m.
https://www.legit.ng/1320361-premier-league-ifab-announces-rule-season-including-var.html

If very unfair to Liverpool