[Football] That 30 second injury rule

[Official Old Man]

More than once today (Everton) one of our players was taken out by a foul. Trainer has to come on at which point the player, through no fault of his own, has to stand on the touchline for 30 seconds.
Now, I understand this is to stop uninjured players faking an injury to waste time, but when it is a genuine injury and the player was down through no fault of his own, is this fair?

 

[dazzer6666]

More than once today (Everton) one of our players was taken out by a foul. Trainer has to come on at which point the player, through no fault of his own, has to stand on the touchline for 30 seconds.
Now, I understand this is to stop uninjured players faking an injury to waste time, but when it is a genuine injury and the player was down through no fault of his own, is this fair?

How are you going to differentiate at the time of the incident?

 

[PILTDOWN MAN]

More than once today (Everton) one of our players was taken out by a foul. Trainer has to come on at which point the player, through no fault of his own, has to stand on the touchline for 30 seconds.
Now, I understand this is to stop uninjured players faking an injury to waste time, but when it is a genuine injury and the player was down through no fault of his own, is this fair?

Yes

 

[Easy 10]

What aggravates me more is when a player stays down - looking at YOU Tarkovski - when its clearly not even a head injury and the ref stops play. He sat there in their 6 yard box holding his leg, and took all the wind out of our sails whilst we were knocking on the door.

Job done. Proper Dyche'd once again.

 

[mile oak]

More than once today (Everton) one of our players was taken out by a foul. Trainer has to come on at which point the player, through no fault of his own, has to stand on the touchline for 30 seconds.
Now, I understand this is to stop uninjured players faking an injury to waste time, but when it is a genuine injury and the player was down through no fault of his own, is this fair?

needs changing so ref can use common sense against these Mersey cheats

 

[chimneys]

How are you going to differentiate at the time of the incident?

When the fouler gets a yellow, as happened today, the injured player can come straight back on.

 

[mile oak]

When the fouler gets a yellow, as happened today, the injured player can come straight back on.

that didnt happen though!

 

[Bodian]

Right - I didn't know about the 30-second thing until fairly recently. So, when it was mentioned I looked it up.

Players have to go off the field after treatment. They cannot come back on for 30 seconds (or longer if the ref forgets they were off the pitch, like Dunk at Spurs).

But I thought there was a caveat that if the injury was caused by a player committing a yellow or red card offence, then the 30 second rule does not apply. However, when Tarkowski was booked for injuring Welbeck today - Welbeck wasn't allowed back on for 30 seconds......

So, does that caveat not [no longer] exist?

 

[Bodian]

When the fouler gets a yellow, as happened today, the injured player can come straight back on.

that didnt happen though!

See post above. I noticed this and mentioned it on the match thread - because it was new to me, so I was on the look out for it.

 

[Dave the hatosaurus]

When the fouler gets a yellow, as happened today, the injured player can come straight back on.

Thats what i thought but i think today after Welbeck was fouled and Tarkowski yellowed Welbeck had to wait didn't he ?

 

[Bodian]

Thats what i thought but i think today after Welbeck was fouled and Tarkowski yellowed Welbeck had to wait didn't he ?

Yes, he did.

 

[Bodian]

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In fact, he doesn't even have to leave the field in the first place.

 

[dazzer6666]

When the fouler gets a yellow, as happened today, the injured player can come straight back on.

That wasn’t the question though……there isn’t always a card

 

[LamieRobertson]

How are you going to differentiate at the time of the incident?

Lie detector…should only take about thirty seconds ..oh

 

[BluesRockDJ]

needs changing so ref can use common sense against these Mersey cheats

Sorry you used two words that are not in the official's dictate.......I'll let you guess them !

 

[East London Exile]

I think that Mitoma had to wait on the touchline after treatment for the red card assault last week. The 30 second rule seems to be applied any time the physios come on regardless of whether or not the offender has received a card.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

When the fouler gets a yellow, as happened today, the injured player can come straight back on.

Danny had to stay off for the 30 seconds today after treatment which came when Tarkowski fouled him and was booked.

There used to be a rule that an injured player didn't have to leave the field after treatment if he'd been injured in a challenge that saw his opponent booked but that hasn't been in place for a couple of seasons.

 

[chimneys]

that didnt happen though!

That was my suggestion to make it a little fairer, agree not what happened!

 

[Bodian]

Danny had to stay off for the 30 seconds today after treatment which came when Tarkowski fouled him and was booked.

There used to be a rule that an injured player didn't have to leave the field after treatment if he'd been injured in a challenge that saw his opponent booked but that hasn't been in place for a couple of seasons.

See post #12. It's still the law.

But it does say 'if the assessment/treatment is completed quickly' - so I'm guessing that's the discretionary element.

So, if an opponent assaults you, but you're not too badly injured, you can play on quickly - but if the assault is so bad you need lengthy treatment - you have to stay off for an extra 30 seconds. Seems bizarre.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

More than once today (Everton) one of our players was taken out by a foul. Trainer has to come on at which point the player, through no fault of his own, has to stand on the touchline for 30 seconds.
Now, I understand this is to stop uninjured players faking an injury to waste time, but when it is a genuine injury and the player was down through no fault of his own, is this fair?

It was supposed to be to ensure the player isn't concussed, I thought. Or has it been extended against the will of the people, taking more control away from ordinary men and women and their families, like when the common market was changed to the EU, behind our backs!

Sorry, just had a gammon-spasm. Time for an aspirin and a lie down.