The International Football Association Board (IFAB) is moving to approve an unprecedented package of amendments to the game's laws, targeting the growing issue of time-wasting that has intensified in recent seasons. These proposals will be presented at the Annual General Meeting scheduled for next Saturday, amid a desire from FIFA to speed up the pace of matches and increase actual playing time, according to BBC. The amendments include strict time-based penalties for substitutions, treating injured players, and mechanisms for restarting play, a step described as the most ambitious since the introduction of the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system. 'Numerical Deficit'.. penalty for delay in substitution IFAB proposes to impose a time limit of no more than 10 seconds for the substituted player to leave the field of play.
