Even if Sunderland are still in Premier League apparently it will not be implemented there - they have said it would be unfair to give anyone a head start in the mid-match exodus.
To be fair to Sunderland they have already come up with a solution for this. Here is an artist impression of the new seats at the Stadium of ****e please log in to view this image
It's not a problem for the Mackems. There's that many empty seats in the place by the 55th minute that they'd be best off giving the pitchside ones to away fans to make the ground look full.