5 Possible Ways To Stop Diving In The Premier League

4. Retrospective Bans After Video Review

There is certainly an argument that decisions on this sort of thing should not be made in the heat of the match. Therefore, an alternative system would be look at the incidents the week following the league, and then decide based on the severity of the incidents wherever a ban is appropriate or not. Obviously, using this system, there is certainly scope to ban players for different lengths of time. However, I would caution that there needs to be some kind of clear system that will ensure there is a certain amount of consistency in decisions. It would also seem sensible that clubs should have some right to appeal if they consider punishments to overly harsh €“ or in situations where simulation has not taken place. If we started to see some players given lengthy bans for diving offences, then there would likely act as a very useful deterrent. That being said, there are probably some players that will continue to use this tactic purely through habit. The other issue with all this is how we differentiate between simulation depending on where on the pitch it occurs. I think we all know that the most serious kind is in the penalty area, obviously it can also be used to win free kicks €“ but scoring goals from direct free kicks is relatively rare. It also seems sensible that regular offenders are punished more severely than others.