Kicking the Ball Out for Injuries

Bristol City have announced that they are no longer going to kick the ball out of play for apparent injuries (except head injuries) and will wait for the referee stop the game if he deems it necessary.
About bloody time say I. I'd like to see all clubs adopting this policy. It would cut out no end of tactical 'injuries' - ie cheating.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/aug/06/bristol-city-write-to-clubs-to-explain-new-policy-of-not-kicking-ball-out-of-play?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

 

Well, yes, but that's at the extreme end.
True, players do sometimes clutch their face or head following a collision, and feign a head injury when none has occurred.
But they can only really get away with that when there is some sort of upper body contact between players that makes it look vaguely plausible.
They wouldn't get away with it following an obviously front on, foot to foot, tackle. They would be seriously risking a booking for simulation if they tried to claim a head injury in those circumstances.

There are also many other instances of players going down with feigned cramp or muscle pulls etc when there are no opposition players anywhere near them, purely to break up the opposition's momentum and/or waste time. If everyone followed Bristol City's example then that type of gamesmanship would drastically reduce, or stop altogether, because there would be no point in doing it if the game carried on without you.