Post #44,032
6/30/02 11:34:39 PM
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Suggestions for changes to soccer rules
[link|http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/news/2002/06/30/changes_rb/|Goal famine suggests changes needed]
"But it ended with a whimper and a goal famine in the knockout phase. Just seven goals were scored in six quarterfinal and semifinal matches.
That's not entertainment.
OK, so it did not stop 1.5 billion people around the globe tuning in to watch Sunday's final on television. But it just may be time FIFA looked at refining their 'product' to give it lasting appeal.
Tinkering with the rules would involve breaking a few football taboos but, if the game is to retain its popularity throughout the 21st century, it needs to come up to date.
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1. Stop the clock.
Who says it must be a game of two 45-minute halves? Less can also be more. Cut the time to 30 minutes each way -- but stop the clock whenever the ball is out of play, as they do in ice hockey and some other sports.
Statistics at this World Cup show that the ball is in play for between 42 and 63 minutes each match. Guarantee the fans an hour of solid action and you would give them a better deal -- plus more goals. Ten minutes each way for extra time too.
3. End the agony of penalty shootouts"
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Post #44,062
7/1/02 3:19:55 AM
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There are few things more entertaining...
...than Americans pontificating about football.
The sport is fine as is. Which is why the rest of the world plays it, and America hardly notices it.
Here's the key sentence:
"OK, so it did not stop 1.5 billion people around the globe tuning in to watch Sunday's final on television."
That's 1.5 billion people who don't give a shit what Americans with short attention spans think about football :)
Peter
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Post #44,064
7/1/02 3:41:50 AM
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Yabut.. when there's <*One Goal* per Game !
It ain't sport: it's The Lottery. The law of accident determines IF a shot might just get through. Gots nuthin to do with "individual player ability" any more than the Brownian movements in air have "individual OR collective talent":
All the molecules in the room in one corner.. sometime? Why that would be merely, Maxwell's Demon.. not skill.
(Now as to Murican 'football' - well... what Can one say ? ;-)
Ashton
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Post #44,067
7/1/02 3:58:36 AM
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Re: Yabut.. when there's <*One Goal* per Game !
That's bollocks, Ash :)
Anyone watching Ronaldo's sublime vision and ball control yesterday would understand that. (Well, apart from the first shot which he fluffed totally :))
It's skill.
Y'all don't understand football, is all...
Peter
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Post #44,070
7/1/02 5:25:26 AM
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Akshully..
yer Right. Was just funnin ya.
I'm amazed at what these guys (and gals..) can do with *their heads*,let alone feet. Saw much of the Mexico game izzall.. My guess is that Tee Vee lets you see a lot more shot detail than being there, though of course nothing quite equals being There.
(As to rebuttal: imagine a 'shutout' baseball game.. with 0 runs, at least for one side. Hmmm has there ever been a double-shutout game? Nahhh.. I guess they'd keep going for 1 run until the 99th inning or until pitchers' retirement age - whichever comes first)
Cheers,
I.
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Post #44,065
7/1/02 3:43:18 AM
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Post #44,073
7/1/02 6:28:05 AM
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No, the clock doesn't need stopping.
At first blush, stopping the clock gives the maximum amount of time to play with the ball actually in play. When the clock is stopped, there is ample time to decide on rules interpretations etc etc. But by not stopping the clock, there is a subtle impetus to get the ball back in play. What is there to do that if you stop the clock when the ball goes out of play?
Wade.
"Ah. One of the difficult questions."
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Post #44,108
7/1/02 2:47:47 PM
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My suggestions...
...are that they score 6 points for each goal, with a penalty kick after each score that counts a single point. If a team successully passes the ball to within 40 yards of the goal, they should be allowed to attempt a penalty kick which would be worth 3 points.
Allowing this rule change, we would also need to better equip the players with pads and helmets. Also allow the players to carry the ball and be tackled by their opponents. Last, but not least, the ball should be reshaped to a non-round form, having a point on two ends of the ball and laces.
That should help up the scores. :-)
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Post #44,117
7/1/02 3:26:39 PM
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One last thing you'd have to do
Change the name to something meaningful. "Soccer" never really meant anything, so after we make all your changes we'll call it "football."
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Post #44,119
7/1/02 3:35:22 PM
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one simple suggestion to get more goals
throw another ball out there. Same game but more opportunities for both defence and offence.
thanx,
bill
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