November 10 – Footballing experts from across the world who will advise FIFA over future implementation of any changes to the laws of the game will be officially announced at this month’s annual business meeting (ABM) of the International Football Association Board in Belfast.
Set up to add their expertise to IFAB before key decisions are passed, the Football Advisory Panel and the Technical Advisory Panel will meet twice a year and present their findings and recommendations.
Traditonally IFAB comprises FIFA and the four British associations but the two new panels include stakeholders from across all six confederations, including former players, coaches and referees.
No actual fresh decisions can be taken before the annual spring meeting of IFAB – scheduled for February 27 and March 1 next year – but the November 24-25 interim session will look at using sin bins in youth matches; the so-called triple punishment of penalty, red card and suspension; and FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s idea of coaches being allowed to challenge on-field decisions by referees, tennis-style, with the use of video replays.
Additionally members of IFAB or any of FIFA’s 209 member associations have until December 1 to submit suggestions to the Laws of the Game, or any experiments they’d like to see, for discussion at the main meeting in the spring.
The new Football Advisory Panel comprises:
Anthony Baffoe (Ghana), Gijs de Jong (Netherlands, KNVB), Shaka Hislop (Trinidad & Tobago), Christian Karembeu (New Caledonia), Ioan Lupescu (Romania), Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan), Wynton Rufer (New Zealand), Richard Jobson (England, FIFPro), Andreas Rettig (Germany, DFL)
The Technical Advisory Panel consists of:
Neale Barry (English FA), Jean-Paul Brigger (FIFA), Massimo Busacca (FIFA), William Campbell (Irish FA), Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius), Pierluigi Collina (UEFA Head of Refereeing), Sonia Denoncourt (CONCACAF Head of Refereeing), David Elleray (England), Ray Ellingham (Wales FA), John Fleming (Scottish FA), Mark Hester (OFC Head of Refereeing), Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay, FIFA Referees Committee), Yoshimi Ogawa (AFC Head of Refereeing), Manoel Serapião Filho (Brazil)
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