Football considers shirt chip    • Last Updated: February 14
2013, 12:52 GMT  Football lawmakers will be asked to consider
the use of an electronic chip in players' shirts which could
potentially warn of medical problems.  Football will consider
new technology designed to prevent health problems  Electronic
communication between players and staff in the technical area is
currently banned.  But the Scottish Football Association are
asking the International FA Board, the body which draws up
football's laws, to make an exception for technology in the
collar of a player's shirt which can feed back data such as
heart performance, body temperature and the distance being
covered.  It is hoped this will help to prevent serious health
problems, such as the heart attack suffered by Fabrice Muamba on
the pitch during Bolton's FA Cup tie with Tottenham last season.
The issue will be raised in Edinburgh on 3 March at the annual
meeting of the IFAB, which is made up of the four home nations
and Fifa, who are understood to