Long throws have doubled in Premier League this season
The trend has led to a reduction of in-play time
Football’s lawmakers are considering taking action against the most fashionable trend in the game: long throws.
The International Football Association Board has discussed the possibility of limiting how long a player can spend on a throw-in, in a bid to increase the amount of time the ball is in play during a match.
Goalkeepers are limited in the amount of time they can hold on to the ball after new measures were introduced this season. A corner is now awarded if a keeper fails to release the ball within eight seconds. That countdown is signalled by the referee with his fingers.
