Premier League statement on concussion substitutions 17 Dec 2020
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Premier League Shareholders today met for the final time this year to discuss a number of topics.
With player welfare the Premier League’s priority, clubs agreed in principle to introduce additional permanent concussion substitutions following approval of the trial by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) yesterday.
The trial is a result of IFAB’s consultation with stakeholders and recommendations from their concussion expert group to allow additional substitutions for players with actual or suspected concussion.
The Premier League will look to implement protocols which will allow a maximum of two concussion substitutes to be used per team, with the opposition side able to use the equivalent number.
Premier League Clubs Agree in Principle to Introduce Concussion Substitutions
The Premier League clubs have agreed to introduce concussion subs | Pool/Getty Images
Premier League clubs have agreed in principle to introduce permanent concussion substitutions, and could begin trialling the new measures as early as January.
The manner in which football deals with head injuries was once again brought to the forefront after Raul Jimenez suffered a fractured skull following a sickening collision with David Luiz during November s Premier League clash between Wolves and Arsenal.
Luiz continued despite his head injury | Sam Bagnall - AMA/Getty Images
Jimenez was knocked unconscious and taken to hospital, while Luiz played the remaining 30 minutes of the first period before being replaced at half-time - despite blood visibly seeping through his head bandage.
Premier League Shareholders today met for the final time this year to discuss a number of topics.
With player welfare the Premier League’s priority, clubs agreed in principle to introduce additional permanent concussion substitutions following approval of the trial by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) yesterday.
The trial is a result of the IFAB’s consultation with stakeholders and recommendations from their concussion expert group to allow additional substitutions for players with actual or suspected concussion.
The Premier League will look to implement protocols which will allow a maximum of two concussion substitutes to be used per team, with the opposition side able to use the equivalent number. The additional concussion substitutions may be made regardless of the number of substitutions a team has made already.