FIFA wants to change soccer, and not everyone is happy about it.

The governing body of world football is set to approve a new rule this week that would force injured players to stay off the field for one minute after receiving treatment. The measure aims to reduce time-wasting and improve game flow, but leagues have serious concerns about unintended consequences.

Let me be clear - soccer absolutely has a time-wasting problem. We all know it. Every fan has watched a player go down with a "mysterious injury" when their team is clinging to a lead. The trainer jogs on, sprays some magic water, and suddenly the player is fine. Meanwhile, 90 seconds have come off the clock.

It's gamesmanship, and it's annoying.

But is forcing players off the field for a full minute the solution? That's where this gets complicated.

Imagine this scenario: Your team's star defender takes a legitimate hit, needs 20 seconds of treatment, and is ready to continue. Under FIFA's proposal, he has to stay off for a full minute. Your team is forced to play with 10 men during that time. The opponent launches an attack. They score.

You just conceded a goal because of a rule designed to prevent time-wasting, but your player wasn't wasting time - he was actually hurt.

The Premier League already uses a 30-second rule, and even that has caused frustration. Manchester United was angered last season when Matthijs de Ligt was forced to leave the field with a cut, and Brentford scored from a corner while he was off. Extending that to a full minute would make situations like that far more likely.

FIFA tested a two-minute rule at the Arab Cup in December, which league officials felt was excessive. The one-minute proposal is a compromise, but it still has leagues worried about genuine injuries being punished.

Here's the other problem: This doesn't address the real time-wasting culprit. You know what wastes more time than injuries? Goalkeepers going down off the ball to give their coach time to get instructions to the team. It's called a "tactical timeout," and it's pure manipulation of the rules.