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IFAB briefs No drop goals The number of goals being scored from “uncontested” dropped balls prompted the Board to amend the law governing the start and restart of play, in order to clarify what action a referee should take when the ball enters the goal directly. Now, when a team kicks such a ball into their opponents’ goal, a goal kick will be awarded, while if they kick it into their own goal, a corner kick will be awarded to the opposing team. Advertising space With the increasing use of upright advertising boards close to the boundaries of the fi eld of play posing a potential risk to players’ safety and hindering a side-on view of the net, the game’s lawmakers amended the law relating to commercial advertising in order to ensure that there is a clear exclusion zone of at least one metre behind the goal on either side of the pitch. Heading north While FIFA decides on the location of the IFAB Annual General Meeting in years when the FIFA World Cup is held, the meetings are otherwise held in strict rotation in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Next up is Scotland, with next year’s 127 th meeting due to be held in Edinburgh on 1-3 March 2013. 14 FIFA WORLD I APRIL 2012 FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke (second from left) alongside the representatives of the four British associations. line or not, which is only one part of the decision.” “There are many reasons why a goal may not be allowed,” added Jonathan Ford, Chief Executive of the Welsh FA, “and if you relayed those images around the stadium, you could end up in a very dangerous situation where technology said a goal had been scored but there were other reasons as to why that goal should not be allowed.” Headscarf support Another issue which had been the subject of considerable debate in the lead-up to the latest IFAB meeting was the wearing of headscarves by women footballers, particularly in the Muslim world, where some Islamic dress codes require women to cover their hair, neck and ears in public. The Board ruled in March last year that headscarves worn around the neck posed a safety threat to those wearing them, but the issue returned to the headlines a few months later when the Iranian women’s team was disqualifi ed from an Olympic qualifi er against Jordan for taking to the fi eld wearing such scarves, in contravention of the IFAB decision. The IFAB is planning to allow headscarves in football pending a fi nal check of their safety.
After a presentation by FIFA Executive Committee member Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, which included the demonstration of a safer form of headscarf that incorporates an easily detachable Velcro fastening, the Board agreed, in principle, to lift the ban at its July meeting – pending a further safety analysis by a working group which will include members of the FIFA Medical Committee. “Prince Ali gave us a perfect presentation, explaining to all of us how important this issue was in his region,” said Valcke. “If a number of women today cannot play because the Laws of the Game do not allow headscarves, then we at FIFA are very happy to authorise them to ensure that women around the world have access to football.” Speaking to reporters after the media conference, the Prince said he was “deeply grateful” that the proposal to lift the ban had been unanimously endorsed by the Board. “I welcome their decision for an accelerated process to further test the current design,” he said, “and I’m confi dent that once the fi nal ratifi cation at the special meeting of IFAB takes place, we will see many delighted and happy players returning to the fi eld and playing the game they love.” Sprays and subs In keeping with the progressive tenor of the meeting, the Board also approved the use of a vanishing spray to delineate how far back the defending team should stand at free kicks, after receiving an update on the experimental use of the spray during South America’s 2011 Copa América. “We recognise that vanishing spray is very useful in certain regions where they have a specifi c problem with encroachment,” said Horne. “So we decided today that, while it’s not compulsory, we’re fi ne with people using the spray if they wish to do so.” Following a proposal by The FA, the Notes on the Laws of the Game were also amended to permit teams involved in amateur football to make “rolling substitutions” in matches, provided the matches are not part of the member association’s most senior competition. Guardians of the game The International Football Association Board has been overseeing football’s official rules (the “Laws of the Game”) for more than 125 years, having convened at London’s Holborn Viaduct for the fi rst time on 2 June 1886. Back then, with no world governing body yet in existence, it was the four British associations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland who met to draw up the fi rst uniform set of laws. In 1913, FIFA became a member of the IFAB. Under a system that remains valid today, FIFA was given four votes on the Board, while England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland each had one, with a 75 per cent majority (i.e. at least six of the eight votes) needed to pass a proposal. Below we look at a few of the landmark proposals that have been passed: • Deadly kick: In the game’s early years, it was assumed that a gentleman would never deliberately commit a foul. As competitiveness increased, however, the penalty, originally known as “the kick of death”, was introduced in 1891. • Whistler welcomed: The referee stood on the touchline keeping time and was consulted if the two umpires, one for each team, could not agree. That changed in 1891, when a single person with powers to send off players and award penalties and free kicks became a permanent fi xture on the pitch. • Hands off: The number of goals increased thanks to a 1912 rule change that prevented goalkeepers from handling the ball outside the penalty area, and to another in 1920 that removed offsides from throw-ins. In 1925, the three-player offside rule became a two-player one, representing another radical change in favour of attacking football. • Forward moves: A series of amendments were introduced in the late 1980s to confront the defensive tactics that had started to grip the game. In 1990, a further change to the offside law saw the advantage now being given to the attacking team if the attacker was in line with the penultimate defender. Meanwhile, the “professional foul” – deliberately fouling an opponent to prevent a clear goalscoring opportunity – became an automatic sending-off offence. • Back-pass rule changed: Despite these forward-looking changes, tactics during the 1990 FIFA World Cup suggested something more needed to be done. The IFAB responded in 1992 by banning goalkeepers from handling deliberate back-passes. Although the new rule was greeted with scepticism by some at fi rst, in the fullness of time it would become widely appreciated. “I’m delighted about this amendment,” said Horne. “It’s very important for us in terms of retaining the number of people playing the game.” While the Board was happy to accept these changes, the proposal put forward to change the “triple punishment” law, whereby a penalty kick, a red card and a suspension is currently awarded against a player who denies an obvious goalscoring opportunity to an opponent, was withdrawn over fears that the amendment would lead to further confusion for the referees charged with applying the Laws of the Game. “We did have a long discussion today about whether the third element of this Law [the player suspension] is the one that we should tackle,” said Horne, “and we’ve asked the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to consider whether the compulsory sanction of a one-match ban is necessary, so that may come forward as a proposal in future, but for now that’s still a work in progress.” FIFA WORLD I NEWS 15
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