FIFA’s 2025 rule changes threaten to overcomplicate and disrupt football’s natural flow
The 2025/26 season introduces sweeping rule changes to modernize football and strengthen fairness. Developed by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) and fully backed...
Inconsistency in FIFA’s Rule Enforcement Undermines the Spirit of Football
The main mandate of FIFA as the global body governing the sport of football is to provide uniformity in the implementation of its rules...
End of multi-club player transfers as FIFA enforces new ownership rules
FIFA implemented a ground-breaking ban on loans of players between clubs owned by an individual or organization. The regulation is a reaction to increasing...
The illusion of progress: How FIFA’s rule tweaks distract from governance failures
In 2025, FIFA, through the International Football Association Board (IFAB), implemented multiple rule modifications to facilitate the modernization of the process of gameplay and...
Rule changes without accountability: Who really benefits from FIFA’s 2025 football laws
With the intention of achieving improved efficiency, efficiency, and transparency, the 2025 amendments to the Laws of the Game of football, led by FIFA...
Navigating football’s legal frontier: insights from FIFA’s 2025 Football Law Annual Review
The 2025 edition of the FIFA Football Law Annual Review (FLAR) that was conducted in February 2025 at the University of Miami School of...
The “only the captain” rule reshapes player-referee relations in modern football
In the 2025/26 football season, a new procedural change known as the "Only the Captain" rule was officially codified in the Laws of the...
How FA’s 2025/26 Rule Changes Will Transform Lincolnshire Grassroots Football
The Football Association's 2025/26 rule changes mark a turning point in grassroots football, particularly in football-rich regions like Lincolnshire. These reforms focus on the...
Eight-Second Rule: A New Standard for Goalkeeper Play?
The season 2025/26, by tradition, will change something in football radically: the time of detention of the ball by the goalkeeper will be reduced...
The White Card: Innovative, but Can We Do Better?
This week has seen the first use of the innovative white card system. Portugal is the only country that uses them, though a similar...
