Football’s decision-makers need to “leave the game alone”, says Everton boss Sean Dyche, following plans to trial 10-minute sin-bins in the sport.
On Tuesday, the game’s lawmaking body recommended trialling players being sent to a sin-bin for cynical fouls and dissent in the professional game.
“I don’t think it is needed,” Toffees manager Dyche told BBC Sport.
Dyche has also called to “leave referees alone” after discussions about the use of VAR and its issues.
The former Burnley manager has called for the streamlining of the VAR process by removing the pitchside monitor and said it is causing “mayhem” after Sunday’s 3-0 home defeat by Manchester United.
It has been recommended by the International Football Association Board (Ifab) that an announcement by the referee of the final decision after a VAR review should be included in the laws of the game.
Asked if it will help the communication with fans inside stadiums, Dyche said “I can’t see that. The best refereeing performances are the ones you don’t notice.
“Leave referees alone — I say take everything away, take the screen away, the noise away and let them get on with their job.
“There is a suggestion that it would allow the fans to understand but most stadiums I have been in, the fans don’t understand just because a referee has given an opinion. That is unlikely to quell a fanbase when there are 40-50,000 in attendance.”
Sin-bins have been trialled at the grassroots level since 2019 and Ifab said it will “identify which levels are best to test”.
Dyche added: “I don’t know why they don’t leave the game alone at times, I don’t think it is needed. I don’t think it is wanted, personally, but fans might have a different view. How are you going to manage it?
“If a player goes off the pitch, how will you manage that? The health and safety? Is he warming up or is he allowed to sit down? Does he have to stay sitting down? Does he get two minutes out of the 10 to warm up again?
“I am serious, this is how the world has gone. It is an odd thing to consider but if it is brought in then that is how it goes.”
Everton are 19th in the Premier League table, five points adrift of safety, after being docked 10 points for breaching financial rules.
Former Everton chief executive Keith Wyness says the top-flight’s Financial Fair Play rules are not “fit for purpose” and feels a “new formula” needs to be found to create less “mess”.
Wyness was asked for a solution and told BBC Radio Merseyside: “There are many different factors in football, but trying to get to some kind of wage cap or a definite cost is the only way that is going to happen.
“It has been tried in American sport and is the closest way we can get to some kind of balance within the game. It is a very difficult problem.”
This season in America’s NFL, teams were given a salary cap limit of £177.6m that they can spend on players on their rosters.
The Premier League did not respond to comment when asked by BBC Sport.
