By Paul Gardner

The annual meeting of the International Football Association Board — IFAB, the group that makes and unmakes soccer’s rules — can hardly be calledone of the sport’s glamour occasions. But it is a highly important one, for the decisions made are quite likely to have a profound effect, for better or worse, on the game.

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