Trials of other permanent concussion substitutes can begin in January, game lawmakers announced.
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) said its panel on concussions (CEG) met on Wednesday and said it is now preparing the floor for competitions to verify new protocols.
“Members (of the expert group) advised that consultations should continue, in collaboration with the FIFA Medical Branch and other stakeholders, to facilitate testing from January 2021 for any festival interested in participating,” he said on the IFAB website.
He also said: “CeG reiterated that player coverage is the main objective and that a transparent and consistent technique is needed, that can work well in all grades of the game.
Therefore, the organization agreed that applying a philosophy “in case of doubt, les” would be the most productive solution to shield the fitness of footballers. “
This would seem to show a direction of movement away from the concept that the FIFPRO global player union liked during a 10-minute evaluation period, in which a transitority replacement reaches the box and remains if the player suspected of concussion cannot return.
The union has been contacted for comment.
The communiqué notes that the panel’s conclusions will be discussed at the next meeting of ifAB’s Technical and Football Advisory Committees on 23 November, and that the factor will be discussed at the organization’s annual meeting in December.
The Football Association and the Premier League have already expressed interest in experimenting with new permanent concussion substitutes, while the world governing body, FIFA, has given the green light to such control at the Olympic football tournament in Tokyo, which was now postponed. until next summer.
FA Executive Leader Mark Bullingham said at IFAB’s annual general meeting in February that he liked a continuation of the three-minute evaluation and said, “Permanent replacement works whenever the player is assumed to be leaving.
“You’re assuming the player has almost a choice (say he can play on it), we assume that if you pass the permanent replacement route, if there’s a blow to the head and there’s a trace of concussion there, they’re past.
“Where you end up in this scenario is what doctors call false positives.
“Possibly you would end up ripping off other people who later decided not to have had a concussion. We would rather be in that aspect of the discussion.
“But basically, we’re saying it means less chance of players coming out. “