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Sorry, I don't understand what you're saying? If the injury is genuine, they will spend an average of 30 seconds or so stretching out, checking them over, spraying deep heat/freeze etc anyway. If its a genuine injury, there's no difference with this rule. Genuine injuries don't come straight back on to the field if medical staff are required.
If a player is feigning injury to time waste and disrupt the flow of the game then they should spend the same amount of time off the field. It stops players from doing it. Why should a team be penalised by the other team breaking up play when they arent actually injured.
Edit - you are aware the 30 seconds is only a thing if the medical team enter the pitch right? This isn't for someone who has a spot of cramp or goes down for a few seconds
The point I’m making is that some stoppages are for gebuine but minor injuries, are precautionary, and they don’t need 30 seconds on the touch line.
Obviously if they are fake, the 30 secs might be a bit of a deterrent. But if they are genuine minor or passing things, the innocent team gets punished because of the possibility they may have been cheating, without any evidence that they were.
It’s another example of assuming the worst, which is a bad principle, and introducing yet another rule that disrupts play.