Image source: FIFA website.
China News Service, December 17th. On the 16th local time, FIFA announced that it will start testing the concussion substitution system in January 2021.
This means that perhaps in the near future, football leagues all over the world will add this new rule.
It is reported that if a player is diagnosed with a concussion or a suspected concussion on the field, the player should leave the field immediately, and the player will not occupy the substitution quota to ensure that the team will not face a numerical disadvantage.
FIFA said that this provision has been recognized by the concussion expert group, and the move is to protect the players' brains from secondary injuries, because frequent brain shocks can cause very serious consequences.
Screenshot of the FIFA website.
Netizens have new concerns about this new rule that is about to be trialed: how should players judge a concussion?
How to prevent "fraud"?
In recent years, the issue of heading that can cause brain trauma to players has continuously aroused heated discussions.
The situation where the brain may be injured during sports does not only occur in football.
There are also discussions on this issue in the rugby project.
Studies have shown that there is a lot of evidence that professional rugby can cause long-term brain damage.
In order to quickly detect whether a player has a concussion, a biomedical technology company has developed a helmet-like device that can help doctors diagnose minor concussions more quickly.
The device has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help doctors decide whether to perform a CT scan.
In recent years, the problem of brain injuries of football players has also attracted attention.
A related study from the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom showed that a header may cause brain damage. Football players are 3.5 times more likely to die from degenerative brain diseases than ordinary people, and the probability of dying from Parkinson’s disease is 5 times that of ordinary people.
Data map: The picture shows Lewandowski fighting for a header in the game.
A study of 7,676 players who had participated in professional games from 1900 to 1976 and 23,000 ordinary people found that former professional players are at risk of Alzheimer's (senile dementia), motor neuron disease and Parkinson's. They are 5 times, 4 times and 2 times that of ordinary people, respectively.
It is undeniable that the rules of football have been changing with the development of technology.
The new rules for concussion substitutions are undoubtedly a kind of protection for players, but how to make the new rules protect those who should be protected? Will it cause the audience to protest because the substitutions interrupt the rhythm of the game... These issues are worthy of international football Joint thinking.
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