Also at the meeting in Zurich the International Football Association Board agree to lift a ban on women wearing headscarves during games, which will clear the way for the participation of many Muslim nations in top-flight competition.
The third decision approved by the International Football Association Board concerns the use of the two extra assistant referees. Following a two-year experiment in the UEFA Champions League, Europa League and EURO 2012, as well as the AFC President's Cup and competitions in Brazil, France, Morocco and Qatar the IFAB unanimously agreed that they should be approved.
Thanks for the information on hijabs, I am very pleased to hear it.
The next problem they can tackle is when the team mandates it on all occasions - even away games, when some players may not wish to wear it.
I've given this some thought and even have a possible solution: the mandatory hijab would only be approved for home games in countries that mandate a dress code (Iran for example - which has a mandatory dress code for all people at all times). But if the federation in question doesn't allow players visiting foreign countries for games with no dress code to remove their hijabs if they so choose then the team shouldn't be allowed to play.
So for example: a member of the Iranian women's team visits Canada and thinks: "Golly it's hot today. I feel like playing without..." then she should be allowed to.
I've even thought of the solution to the problem of federations refusing to field women's teams as a response to this measure: unless you field a women's team, your men's team goes under permanent sanction.
Not a fan of it. Bitching about shitty decisions is part of the joy of the game.
One bright thing: if they bring in replay technology next we can at least bitch about how the official behind the computer monitor is obviously blind because someone's toe was over the line or whatever.
People will ALWAYS bitch about shitty decisions, whether their is goal line technology or not. Why? Because people always believe their team is in the right and not wrong. Plus, depending on WHO sees the camera and angle of the play, there will be debate and people will bitch. So that won't ever go away!
Not a fan of it. Bitching about shitty decisions is part of the joy of the game.
TBF there's bitching about shitty decisions and then there's clear goals being disallowed because the 755877 officials FIFA have deemed necessary for a game did not see what a whole stadium & millions of people across the world saw - a clear goal being scored. Yes you can argue that goal line clearances are a grey area but when clear goals are being disallowed for no reason then there needs to be a system to challenge that.
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or maybe its all the pl i watch... hmmm
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Also at the meeting in Zurich the International Football Association Board agree to lift a ban on women wearing headscarves during games, which will clear the way for the participation of many Muslim nations in top-flight competition.
The third decision approved by the International Football Association Board concerns the use of the two extra assistant referees. Following a two-year experiment in the UEFA Champions League, Europa League and EURO 2012, as well as the AFC President's Cup and competitions in Brazil, France, Morocco and Qatar the IFAB unanimously agreed that they should be approved.
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The next problem they can tackle is when the team mandates it on all occasions - even away games, when some players may not wish to wear it.
I've given this some thought and even have a possible solution: the mandatory hijab would only be approved for home games in countries that mandate a dress code (Iran for example - which has a mandatory dress code for all people at all times). But if the federation in question doesn't allow players visiting foreign countries for games with no dress code to remove their hijabs if they so choose then the team shouldn't be allowed to play.
So for example: a member of the Iranian women's team visits Canada and thinks: "Golly it's hot today. I feel like playing without..." then she should be allowed to.
I've even thought of the solution to the problem of federations refusing to field women's teams as a response to this measure: unless you field a women's team, your men's team goes under permanent sanction.
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Not a fan of it. Bitching about shitty decisions is part of the joy of the game.
One bright thing: if they bring in replay technology next we can at least bitch about how the official behind the computer monitor is obviously blind because someone's toe was over the line or whatever.
Happy thought.
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I'm cutting a bitch about it already :)
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TBF there's bitching about shitty decisions and then there's clear goals being disallowed because the 755877 officials FIFA have deemed necessary for a game did not see what a whole stadium & millions of people across the world saw - a clear goal being scored. Yes you can argue that goal line clearances are a grey area but when clear goals are being disallowed for no reason then there needs to be a system to challenge that.
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