Trials of additional permanent concussion substitutes could begin in January, the game’s law-makers have announced. The International Football Association Board (IFAB) said its Concussion Expert Group (CEG) had met on Wednesday and said it was now preparing the ground for competitions to test new protocols. Both the Football Association and Premier League have previously expressed interest in trialling additional permanent concussion substitutes, while world governing body FIFA had given the go-ahead for such a trial at the Olympic football tournament in Tokyo, which has now been delayed until next summer. The FA is understood to remain interested, but there is no possibility of concussion trials being introduced into this season’s FA Cup, with the competition already under way. “You may end up pulling some people off who actually are then determined not to have had concussion.

Source: Express October 21, 2020 15:12 UTC