Recently, the International Football Association Board made wholesale changes to the laws of the game.
COLUMNIST
Until quite recently, if changes to the laws of the game were required, they would happen around March each year when the International Football Association Board meets to consider all suggestions.
These changes would then come into effect around June or July of the same year.
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