Dutch FA propose radical changes to football rules 'hatched in Amsterdam cafe' (2024)

THE Dutch FA have proposed five new rule changes that could completely change the way football is played.

The KNVB put forward a set of divisive rule suggestions during a meeting on Thursday and fans have reacted to the possible changes online.

Football as a whole has seen a number of changes over recent years when it comes to the way the game is officiated.

The introduction of VAR has shaken the English game and has even seen a campaign from Nottingham Forest to do away with the controversial tech.

While recently rumours began swirling around the addition of blue cards at grassroots level.

And now the Dutch FA have proposed five additions to the game.

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Firstly the organisation has suggested that throw-ins are thrown away.

Instead, the KNVB want players to be able to kick the ball in when it goes out of play.

The second proposal would be the introduction of "Time Penalties", also known as the sin-bin.

In a similar sense to the idea of blue cards, sin-bins would see players sent off for a period of time when they get a card before being able to return to the pitch once their punishment had expired.

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The third idea put forward by the Dutch FA is to allow players to pass to themselves from a free kick.

Currently, players have to play a free-kick to another player before they are able to touch it themselves.

The fourth proposal is to allow for "Flying Substitutions", this is better known in the English game as rolling subs.

Popular in youth football, it would mean that a team can make as many substitutions as they want and bring players on and off the pitch even if they have already been subbed off.

In futsal flying substitutions can also mean players being subbed on and off while the ball is still in play.

The final rule-change put forward by the Dutch FA is the idea of "net playing time".

This would see a change to the length of a football game, likely dropping from 90 minutes down to 60 minutes - something previously suggested by former Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.

However, the clock would stop when the ball was not in play meaning more football would be played as a whole during the match.

The average amount of time that the ball is currently in-play for a Premier League football game is just over 54 minutes.

Fans have been shocked by the crazy proposals and took to social media to react.

One wrote: "That is disgusting."

While another added: "Why don’t we just leave football alone?"

And a third joked: "Clearly plans hatched in an Amsterdam café."

Luckily for fans of the English game who are concerned about big changes making their way over from the Netherlands, it's highly unlikely these proposals would be approved in England.

The KNVB are not board members at IFAB - football's rule making body.

As such the Dutch FA cannot table these proposals for approval by IFAB and of the ideas put forward only one, the sin bin concept, has been up for initial debate by the self-regulatory body.

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One other rule that could be introduced in the near future though is Arsene Wenger's idea of a "daylight" rule for offside.

The proposed rule dictates that if any part of an attacker’s body that can score — head, torso or legs — is still in line with the defender then they should be judged onside.