FA Wants Divers Punished
The Football Association has asked Fifa to pass a rule allowing divers to be punished retrospectively.
“We’re in discussions with Fifa on retrospective disciplinary action,” FA chief excutive Brian Barwick said.
“We have raised diving as a priority area where video evidence may be used.
“We also stressed the need to tackle the issue by insisting that clamping down on diving should be a priority at this summer’s World Cup.”
However, Barwick said making diving a red card offence would be difficult.
“I have seen the suggestion that diving should be penalised by a red card,” he said.
“This would require a major change to the laws, which are universal and cannot be ammended without Fifa’s support.”
The issuing of diving has been highlighted recently, with Chelsea striker Didier Drogba appearing to admit to it before later retracting his comments.
