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Opinion: Football is taking the wrong ideas from rugby

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The International Football Association Board is set to trial new rule changes, one of which would see that only captains are allowed to approach referees on certain occasions.
The International Football Association Board is set to trial new rule changes, one of which would see that only captains are allowed to approach referees on certain occasions.

The Premier League may be on the brink of making some rugby-inspired changes to the beautiful game, but they are perhaps focusing on the wrong aspects. 

With the International Football Association Board (IFAB) announcing that various trials, including implementing something to the degree of a "sin bin" and only captains being allowed to speak to referees in certain situations, were approved, too many changes can sometimes be a bad thing. 

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