“We will count on the good and positive spirit of everyone, I don’t think there is any (need for) coercive measures. FIFA also wants to ensure the threshold is low for withdrawing a player with a suspected brain injury. The temporary model, it argues, creates a risk of ‘false negatives’ where players are sent back on following the 10-minute assessment. Infantino said: “It has to be a priority of FIFA, all associations in the world to protect referees. “We’ll take it on board because it’s a problem, an issue all over the world, and we are losing a lot of young referees.

Source: The Herald March 04, 2023 20:47 UTC