Diving will now sink them. Scotland started penalising players since last season. The Premier League joins in starting next season - http://bit.ly/n0-dive. Which league next?
This opens up a can of worms as VAR comes into play. What happens if/when a VAR can't overrule a penalty decision because it wasn't a "clear and obvious error" but the 3-person panel decides unanimously it was simulation after the fact? Other than media chaos, of course.
Italy have had it for a few years but rarely uses it (IIRC if there is any contact then it isn't a clear dive by their standards). UEFA had a Scottish VP that forced in a similarly worded rule some years ago but they have only used it 2-3 times (IIRC all the times it has been used it has been Scottish opponents that have lost out in the game ). It's a subsection to the rule they brought in after FIFA brought in a rule to deal with Rivaldo-like situations. And UEFA used that rule to give a ban to a player that scored after a not-given-back DB a few years ago (the incident that brought about the change in the LotG about not scoring directly from DB's).
Haven't you heard, VAR's will make every decision perfect. VAR video?? AFAIK no trial have cameras that's exclusive to the VAR's, they're using the same TV footage that viewers and post-match panels have available.