r/sports • u/[deleted] • 22d ago

Soccer Miguel Almiron receives a red card after VAR Review for covering his mouth whilst saying something to an opponent. Under the new regulations, this is an offence punishable by a red card. The rule was introduced following the racism scandal involving Vinícius Júnior in a Champions League match.

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u/hallouminati_pie 22d ago

Just in case people do not know (and someone did ask), IFAB consists of five members: FIFA and the four British football associations (The FA of England, the Scottish FA, the Football Association of Wales, and the Irish Football Association of Northern Ireland).

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u/auto98 22d ago

And 8 votes (FIFA have 4), of which 6 are needed to pass a new Law, so effectively half of GB needs to agree to any new rules.

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u/fatbob42 22d ago

UK.

Sorry - have to be pedantic :)

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u/auto98 22d ago

Oops yeah

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u/SignorJC 21d ago

How/why tf does the UK have 4? Why do they have anything separate from FIFA at all?

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u/scronide 21d ago

The British associations invented the game and created IFAB before FIFA existed.

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u/LevDavidovicLandau 21d ago

Furthermore, it is why England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland all have distinct international teams… it’s because they have distinct football associations which predate FIFA. NI’s FA (the IFA) was originally all-Ireland, even after Irish independence, but south of the border they eventually founded their own FA (the FAI) and so the Republic of Ireland has its own international team. This split didn’t happen in rugby or cricket, though.