Football rule makers, the International Football Association Board (IFAB), are weighing up a series of extraordinary measures that could be brought in if the currently on hold season is to resume according to a report in today’s print edition of Rome based newspaper Corriere dello Sport.
Football almost everywhere across the globe has been put on hold due to the global Coronavirus pandemic and it remains to be seen if the season will resume at all.
If it does indeed resume, a number of extraordinary temporary measures could be introduced to help limit fatigue and injuries etc.
One measure being mulled over by IFAB is the possibility of teams being allowed to make a total of five substitutions during a match, opposed to the current three substitutions.
Other measures being considered by IFAB include water breaks being introduced into games. There would be two water breaks per game with one taking place in each half.
