, FA considers retrospective bans for diving

FA considers retrospective bans for diving

The English Football Association are planning to introduce retrospective bans for divining according to reports.

The current order on retrospective banning in England is only applicable for incidents of violent conduct but officials will go on a fact-finding trip to Scotland, where retrospective banning for dives or feigning injury is already in-place.

The FA will look to replicate the Scottish FA’s rule 201 on diving – a football law which has been in operation since 2011. The rule states: “No player shall cause a match official to make an incorrect decision and/or support an error of judgment on the part of a match official by an act of simulation which results in that player’s team being awarded a penalty kick and/or an opponent being dismissed and/or any other substantial advantage being gained.”

A rule change would require agreement from all football governing bodies in England.

According to a report in Tuesday’s Times newpaper senior figures at the FA are looking to force the rull change.

Senior FA figures, including chairman Greg Clarke, are believed to be supporting the principle of creating a deterrent for players who win a signficant advantage for their team by tricking the referee.

The Championship came into scrutiny in May last year, when Hull City midfielder Robert Snodgrass branded Sheffield Wednesday striker Fernando Forestieri a diving cheat.

The Owls’ top-scorer last season was sent off in consecutive appearances in February 2016, his second dismissal came in a 0-0 draw at the KC Stadium where he was given his marching orders for simulation.

Another time diving in football came into disrepute was in 2010 when Martin Olsson confessed to diving to win a penalty in the Lancashire derby against Burnley at Turf Moor – an event which allowed David Dunn to seal a 1-0 win from the penalty spot.

An FA source told The Times: “On the face of it it’s a good idea. The devil is in the detail, but as a tool to penalise blatant simulation versus ‘did he dive or slip?’ it is now being investigated.

‘It is being discussed with the SFA and some FA people are going up to Scotland for a meeting on how it is working.’

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