Nottingham Forest handed sin bin trial alert after major rule change vote
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by Isaac Seelochan, PA · NottinghamshireLiveSin-bins are “very probably” going to be trialled in professional football according to chairman of the FIFA referees committee, Pierluigi Collina.
The news could affect Nottingham Forest after the sport’s lawmaking body agreed that sin bins should be trialled at higher levels of the game following their successful implementation in grassroots football. Temporary dismissals of players for offences such as dissent and specific tactical fouls were backed by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) at its annual business meeting.
IFAB board members also supported a proposed trial whereby only the team captain may approach the referee in certain major game situations. It is unclear at this stage as to whether either trial will involve Premier League games.
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Former referee Collina confirmed the trial, which is subject to approval at the AGM in March, could begin as early as next season. “The idea is to go deeper into all of the details because it’s easy to say we do (it) and it’s a bit more difficult how to regulate everything,” he said.
“But the idea is to start working on this as soon as possible to provide those who would be involved in the trial a protocol to be used. The idea is to get it soon.
“The trial was very successful in a grassroots competition. Now we are talking of a higher level, very probably professional or even high professional football. We need to draft something that works or is worthy for top football.”
Board member Mark Bullingham, the chief executive of the Football Association, said: “When we were looking at sin bins – protocol clearly has to be developed – the areas we were looking at were dissent, where it’s worked very, very well in the grassroots game in England.
“We’ve also spoken about other areas, particularly tactical fouls. I think frustration for fans watching games when they see a promising counter-attack that’s ruined by that and the question of whether a yellow card is sufficient for that has led to us looking at whether that should be involved in the protocol as well.
“The starting point was looking at player behaviour and dissent – we’re then looking at whether we should extend it into other areas, such as tactical fouls, as well.”