New Rule Changes in Football

Big Willie

There have been a number of rule changes that have been agreed by the International Football Association Board which have come into effect on June 1st. Saw the post by Clrnc in the general football thread regarding oppositi9n players in the wall and came across these other changes. Most seem good such as stopping play if the ball hits the ref, playing the ball inside the box during a freekick and preventing opposition players blocking the wall etc. Some are still open to interpretation such as handball and will result in ambiguity as to how they are applied. Full list is below.

[size=large][font=ITCAvantGarde-Std, Helvetica, Arial]Dropped ball - Laws 8 & 9[/font][/size]

[size=x-large]If play is stopped inside the penalty area, the ball will be dropped for the goalkeeper[/size]
[size=x-large]If play is stopped outside the penalty area, the ball will be dropped for one player of the team that last touched the ball at the point of the last touch[/size]
[size=x-large]In all cases, all the other players (of both teams) must be at least 4m (4.5yds) away[/size]
[size=x-large]If the ball touches the referee (or another match official) and goes into the goal, team possession changes or a promising attack starts, a dropped ball is awarded[/size]

[size=large][font=ITCAvantGarde-Std, Helvetica, Arial]Free-kicks - Law 13[/font][/size]

[size=x-large]When there is a ‘wall’ of three or more defenders, the attackers are not allowed within 1m (1 yd) of the wall; an attacker less than 1m (1yd) from the ‘wall’ when the kick is taken will be penalised with an indirect free-kick[/size]
[size=x-large]When the defending team takes a free-kick in their own penalty area, the ball is in play once the kick is taken; it does not have to leave the penalty area before it can be played[/size]

[size=large][font=ITCAvantGarde-Std, Helvetica, Arial]Goal celebrations - Law 12[/font][/size]

[size=x-large]A yellow card will be awarded for an ‘illegal’ celebration (e.g. removing the shirt) even if the goal is disallowed[/size]

[size=large][font=ITCAvantGarde-Std, Helvetica, Arial]Goal-kick - Law 16[/font][/size]

[size=x-large]The ball is in play once the kick is taken; it can be played before leaving the penalty area. Opponents must remain outside the penalty area until the ball is in play[/size]

[size=large][font=ITCAvantGarde-Std, Helvetica, Arial]Handball - Law 12[/font][/size]

[size=x-large]Deliberate handball remains an offence[/size]
[size=x-large]The following ‘handball’ situations, even if accidental, will be a free-kick:[/size]
[size=x-large]The ball goes into the goal after touching an attacking player’s hand/arm[/size]
[size=x-large]A player gains control/possession of the ball after it has touches their hand/arm and then scores, or creates a goal-scoring opportunity[/size]
[size=x-large]The ball touches a player’s hand/arm which has made their body unnaturally bigger[/size]
[size=x-large]The ball touches a player’s hand/arm when it is above their shoulder (unless the player has deliberately played the ball which then touches their hand/arm)[/size]
[size=x-large]The following will not usually be a free-kick, unless they are one of the above situations:[/size]
[size=x-large]The ball touches a player’s hand/arm directly from their own head/body/foot or the head/body/foot of another player who is close/near[/size]
[size=x-large]The ball touches a player’s hand/arm which is close to their body and has not made their body unnaturally bigger[/size]
[size=x-large]If a player is falling and the ball touches their hand/arm when it is between their body and the ground to support the body (but not extended to make the body bigger)[/size]
[size=x-large]If the goalkeeper attempts to ‘clear’ (release into play) a throw-in or deliberate kick from a team-mate but the ‘clearance’ fails, the goalkeeper can then handle the ball[/size]

[size=large][font=ITCAvantGarde-Std, Helvetica, Arial]Kick-off - Law 8[/font][/size]

[size=x-large]The team that wins the toss can now choose to take the kick-off or which goal to attack (previously they only had the choice of which goal to attack)[/size]

[size=large][font=ITCAvantGarde-Std, Helvetica, Arial]Medical breaks - Law 7[/font][/size]

[size=x-large]Difference between ‘cooling’ breaks (90 secs – 3 mins) and ‘drinks’ breaks (max 1 min). In the interests of player safety, competition rules may allow, in certain weather conditions (e.g. high humidity and temperatures), ‘cooling’ breaks (from ninety seconds to three minutes) to allow the body’s temperature to fall; they are different from ‘drinks’ breaks (maximum one minute) which are for rehydration.[/size]

[size=x-large]Penalty kick - Law 14[/size]

[size=x-large]The team’s penalty taker can have (quick) treatment/assessment and then take the kick[/size]
[size=x-large]The goalkeeper must not be touching the goalposts/crossbar/nets; they must not be moving[/size]
[size=x-large]The goalkeeper must have at least part of one foot on/in line with the goal line when the kick is taken; cannot stand behind the line[/size]

[size=large][font=ITCAvantGarde-Std, Helvetica, Arial]Players' equipment - Law 4[/font][/size]

[size=x-large]Multi-coloured/patterned undershirts are allowed if they are the same as the sleeve of the main shirt[/size]

[size=x-large]Quick free-kick and cards - Law 12[/size]

[size=x-large]If the referee is about to issue a yellow or red card but the non-offending team takes the free-kick quickly and creates a goal-scoring opportunity, the referee can delay the card until the next stoppage if the offending team was not distracted by the referee[/size]

[size=large][font=ITCAvantGarde-Std, Helvetica, Arial]Substitutes - Law 3[/font][/size]

[size=x-large]A player who is being substituted must leave the field by the nearest point on the touchline/goal line (unless the referee indicates the player can leave quickly/immediately at the halfway line or a different point because of safety, injury etc.)[/size]

[size=x-large][font=ITCAvantGarde-Std, Helvetica, Arial]Team officials - Laws 5 & 12[/font][/size]

[size=x-large]A team official (member of the coaching staff) guilty of misconduct will be shown a yellow card (caution) or red card (sending-off)*; if the offender cannot be identified, the senior coach who is in the technical area at the time will receive the card. * Law 12 will have a list of YC/RC offences[/size]

Claudius

Like the substitute rule. No more long walk to freedom for Mesut.
The handball rules will leave uninformed studio pundits perplexed

Bold Tone

Rules being added for the sake of it.
Hate the move towards rugby where there are too many rules.
What is broken is shit refs!

Coombs

How does a clearance fail? Confused about that one.

Clrnc

Like if he tries to kick it away but hit an opponent he can just pick up the ball straight away then.

I like the freekick wall rule change

Bold Tone

Could the opposing team time-waste so their defenders can get back by deliberately standing in the penalty area to prevent quick goal kicks?

Klaus

Claudius wrote:
Like the substitute rule.

Me too. This should have been done decades ago to prevent time-wasting.

MistaT

It's a good rule, but it will face backlash mighty quickly. Refs will appear to favor teams/players that they leave to a hero's welcome (by walking to the dug out).

Coombs

If they knew how to keep time properly, the substitutes rule would be irrelevant.

flobaba

Yup. Just Stop the clock when the ball is out of play or once the whistle is blown, and play your 90 minutes.

No more drama

MuswellHillGooner

The goal kick rule should help us play out from the back as the opposition players have to keep out of the penalty area so the press loses some potency. This should be a net gain for us as we are, relatively, poor at it.

Ricky1985

[Twitter]

Different sort of rule change, and only affecting the English Football League, but big news nonetheless.

I think it's disgraceful. The issue of low representation of black and Asian managers will not be solved by forcing clubs to interview a person for a job even if they are not of sufficient quality. The rule itself is racist. The only thing that should matter when selecting coaches to interview is the quality of the potential candidates. This rule says the colour of someone's skin is more important than that.

I feel for the black or Asian coach that gets called in to interview just to fill a quota and tick a box.

Bring Back Kerrea Gilbert

Yeah, that is pure cringe.

goon

It's a difficult balance, but I feel a lot more for a black or asian coach that doesn't get called into an interview because of their skin colour and background.

I used to feel the same thing about policies that 'positively discriminate' but in reality they're necessary to speed up the process of bringing diversity into certain areas and force people to think outside their very dated box. It's not only been proven to work, but it's proven the narrative that 'there just are not any black/minority/female candidates who are at the required level' to be nonsense. Without these sorts of policies, the sort of change in attitudes you'd want to see would probably take decades longer.

Qwiss

I think it's a bit of a PR move but better than nothing. At least black and Asian managers get a chance to state their case, it's still going to be harder for them but this gives tham a chance at least. Guess Chris Hugthon will be getting a lot of calls.

Claudius

It’s a step in the right direction. For a lot of so-called minorities, one of the biggest barriers is simply access. They aren’t getting jobs because they aren’t in the places where people typically look: neighborhoods, typical feeding academies/schools etc. I’ve seen this multiple times in different companies and institutions. I’ve worked in. There’s typically a fallacy that minority candidates don’t exist when all that is happening is they don’t have access to the recruiting mechanism. This rule will force clubs to diversify their recruiting channels and will probably yield a few more jobs but on this basis because some good candidates will be unearthed. I once joined a company that was almost entirely white. The MD changed recruiting channels. Within three years he had diversified the place, and expanded business, completely dispelling prior myths that black and female candidates didn’t exist. I’m for this rule change.

MuswellHillGooner

[size=x-large][font=nyt-cheltenham, georgia,][size=x-large][font=nyt-cheltenham, georgia,]The N.F.L.’s Minority Head Coaching Ranks Are Thinning[/font][/size][/font][/size]
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/15/sports/nfl-minority-head-coaches.html

Now the NFL is taking some steps that it hopes will strengthen the Rooney Rule.

At today’s league meeting, the NFL confirmed that the Rooney Rule has been updated to require teams to go outside their own organizations to interview a minority candidate, or to interview a candidate who is on the league’s career development advisory panel list.

That doesn’t solve the fundamental problem that Gruden’s hiring illustrated: Sometimes an owner makes up his mind about who to hire as his next coach or G.M., and his mind isn’t going to change. In those cases, an owner is still going to interview a minority candidate he’s not planning to hire. And if minority candidates take offense at that, or decline such interviews, it’s hard to blame them.

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2018/12/12/nfl-makes-changes-to-rooney-rule/

jones

Ricky1985 wrote:
[Twitter]

Different sort of rule change, and only affecting the English Football League, but big news nonetheless.

I think it's disgraceful. The issue of low representation of black and Asian managers will not be solved by forcing clubs to interview a person for a job even if they are not of sufficient quality. The rule itself is racist. The only thing that should matter when selecting coaches to interview is the quality of the potential candidates. This rule says the colour of someone's skin is more important than that.

I feel for the black or Asian coach that gets called in to interview just to fill a quota and tick a box.

You should probably feel more for the black or Asian coach that until today never got a call in the first place. The top 92 clubs of England have more than 25% black players but there are only three managers among them. Either the disparity between whites and blacks in terms of managing is that big or there is something else going on. Knowing how prehistoric old boys networks in football are the rule and not exception I suspect it's the latter.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44561029

RC8

jones wrote:
Either the disparity between whites and blacks in terms of managing is that big or there is something else going on. Knowing how prehistoric old boys networks in football are the rule and not exception I suspect it's the latter.

What's the proportion of minorities coming out of coaching academies? That's an indicator that would give you a better understanding of whether it's one thing or the other.