PFA and Fifpro call for parallel trial of temporary substitutesPoll shows 83% of club doctors back temporary replacementsThe Professional Footballers’ Association and Fifpro, the global players’ union, have called on football’s lawmakers to consider launching trials into temporary concussion substitutes to better protect players who sustain head injuries.
In December the game’s rule-making body Ifab gave the go-ahead for trials of permanent concussion substitutes following which the
Premier League and Women’s Super League introduced the system in February.