You get X number of seconds to take the following else it reverts i.e.
- Goal Kick becomes a Corner or Corner becomes a Goal Kick - Throw-In if not taken quick enough is given to the opposition. - Free-Kick becomes a Goal Kick
I love that first idea - I think it would be a massive improvement. However...
...what if two teams needed a point each to avoid relegation. At half-time, it's 0-0. In the first minute of the second half, one side concedes a corner. The opposition fail to take it. So it becomes a goal kick. And the defending team fails to take it. So it becomes a corner...
We could end up with 45 minutes of watching an increasingly knackered ball boy running the ball between the corner flag and the six-yard box!
(On second thoughts, even that would be more entertaining than some matches...)
Then a yellow card gets issued to the Goalkeeper and the corner taker(s).
Although would be hilarious to see the kid running back and forth
Rugby League has a good one .. 'on report' a half way between a red and a yellow .. the ref knows that player x has committed some skulduggery but is not sure of the severity of the act .. after the game a panel reviews the incident and makes a decision .. innocent, suspension, yellow, red whatever .. bit like a system outlined above but more streamlined .. (I am against red cards except for the most heinous offences, they ruin the game .. in most cases, retrospective action and suspension is better)
I would have no substitutions in the last 10 minutes unless there's an injury approved by ref.
What happens if there's an injury the ref doesn't approve of?
That's what assistant refs are for, what I mean if the consensus is player must come off then a substitution can be made if any are left.
all very well until the ref refuses to let a player be substituted and said player is discovered to have a broken leg, neck, heart (or worse) and said £20 million player's career is ruined .. ref is sued for millions etc. etc.
A team are 1-0 up with 3 minutes left, defender "takes one for the team" just inside his own half and gets sent off. What benefit is the red card to the team that have been wronged? The player suspended for the next game now helps other teams too so the only ones not to benefit are the team chasing the 1-0.
Solution, any red card offence after 70 (or 80) minutes either the captain or manager of the team who have been fouled is given the option of having the player sent off OR being given a penalty instead.
If you're losing the game and time is running out sometimes it's better to have a penalty v 11 than a free kick v 10.
i would like to see a clock that the crowd and players can see which the fourth official can stop when necessary (injuries, substitutions, time wasting etc.). This wouldn't cost much to install and would make everything open and clear as well as stopping cheats.
I like three egg chaser rules that could be adapted for football:
Mouth off at the ref, free kick moves forward 10 yards, in football if it moves into the area, it becomes a penalty
10 minute sin bin for worse than a normal yellow but not quite a red
Stopping the clock by third official for time wasting, subs, maybe even ball out of play.
My choice would be the sin bin.
Red cards (expulsion from the match) should be for violent conduct only.
Orange cards (10 min sin bin) for two yellows and then for any subsequent yellows for that player in the match; also for the "professional foul" i.e. the denial of a clear goalscoring opportunity, regardless of whether that act results in a penalty.
Yellow cards dished out for fouls and dissent as normal.
Should be a handicap system. For instance, if you're playing a stronger team, their two best statical players (who have been selected to play) are only allowed to touch the ball with their weaker foot.
Also, their best centre forward and their keeper should be made to wear a diving belt to restrict jumping and any player that wears an Alice band should be made to remove it so his girlie long hair keeps getting in his face.
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Although would be hilarious to see the kid running back and forth
Solution, any red card offence after 70 (or 80) minutes either the captain or manager of the team who have been fouled is given the option of having the player sent off OR being given a penalty instead.
If you're losing the game and time is running out sometimes it's better to have a penalty v 11 than a free kick v 10.
Or at least, 'any player in the 6 yard box can use their hands'
Mouth off at the ref, free kick moves forward 10 yards, in football if it moves into the area, it becomes a penalty
10 minute sin bin for worse than a normal yellow but not quite a red
Stopping the clock by third official for time wasting, subs, maybe even ball out of play.
Red cards (expulsion from the match) should be for violent conduct only.
Orange cards (10 min sin bin) for two yellows and then for any subsequent yellows for that player in the match; also for the "professional foul" i.e. the denial of a clear goalscoring opportunity, regardless of whether that act results in a penalty.
Yellow cards dished out for fouls and dissent as normal.
Also, their best centre forward and their keeper should be made to wear a diving belt to restrict jumping and any player that wears an Alice band should be made to remove it so his girlie long hair keeps getting in his face.