I agree with this, hockey style offsides and/or adding an "icing" alternative would make the games more fun to watch.
Make the offsides rule more like hockey. Pick a point on the field and make that the equivalent of the blue line. As it is, pretty much every exciting offensive play in soccer is called offsides. Hence the 5 SOG issue.
Except that wasn't your point originally, when you said, "Soccer is still the Bud Light of sports."The premier soccer league in the world isn't in the US. Which further validates my point that soccer (MLS) is the Bud Light of American sports.
I'd recommend working on your written English because you failed at stating this (and the other claim you made above) in your first effort. Either that, or you're just changing your tune. You fail either way.Bashing? I actually complimented the World Cup as a lite beer that you can enjoy because it's brought to your seat. Keep up.
Because the clock in soccer never stops and a counter-attack goal can happen as soon as a missed goal is not given, when would the instant replay be used? I have little doubt that FIFA will implement instant replay for goal-scoring situations, but because of the flow of the game, they need to be very careful in how it will be implemented.Soccer: Taking the worst elements of American sports and combining it into one.
Mix the low scoring of the NHL with...
The shady referees of the NBA and...
And the unwillingness to embrace technology of MLB
and you get FIFA World Cup soccer.
At least in these other sports' defense, they have made some effort to improve the sport. With NHL, we had rules changes that increased scoring. In the NBA, we have some sort of accountability with the refs and the league who explain their calls. And in baseball, there is some now limited use of instant replay.
Why is soccer so stubborn? No sport is above rule changes when they are made in the interest of fair play. Soccer is a billion dollar industry. Why are they stuck in the dark ages?
chuck klosterman said it best.
soccers the sport for kids that dont like sports. its their least worst alternative.
Good news soccer fans!! FIFA has come up with a brilliant solution to the problem of clueless refs.
http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-...us/fifa-censor-stadium-replays?cc=5901&ver=us
ROFL!!!
"The goal was awarded and it happened relatively quickly," Craig said. "In retrospect, maybe it shouldn't have been shown. It was shown and unfortunately there is nothing we can do about that."
Because the clock in soccer never stops and a counter-attack goal can happen as soon as a missed goal is not given, when would the instant replay be used? I have little doubt that FIFA will implement instant replay for goal-scoring situations, but because of the flow of the game, they need to be very careful in how it will be implemented.
I agree. By the flow of the game, I mean the entire rules structure of the game: since the clock never stops and play is more or less continuous throughout, there is never an opportunity to review replay. If the fourth official (or someone else) is reviewing during play and says a goal was scored x minutes ago, then the game technically ceased being played at that point and everything in the following x minutes would have to be discarded, including any other goals. There are plenty of reasons why the game shouldn't be stopped for x minutes for the review process. The simplest solution I see is that if a questionable "goal" occurs, then the ref should assume that it is a goal and a quick review should be done on the sidelines by the fourth official. If it's overturned, it's a goal kick. However, this isn't a good solution because of the emotional toll this would take on the players and fans, as well as the disruption of potential counterattacks. I'm not sure what the solution is, but it's FIFA's job to find it. FIFA's governors are largely a block of retired players - many of them the best players in the history of the game who have won the World Cup. They are therefore obviously keen to ensure fair play and come to a good solution rather than simply developing a simple solution that breaks down play. I don't think hockey uses any replay system, but it would be the most comparable to soccer if it did.While that is a compelling argument, with the amount of money at stake, interrupting the "flow of a game" should take a back seat to making the correct call.
America's biggest beef with soccer, at least from the casual (read: noob) fan is the low scoring. Soccer enthusiasts, counter that argument by saying that rarity of the goals is what makes them special. That everything has to happen just right for a goal to be scored and that moment is a thing of beauty.
If that is the case and it is so hard and rare to score this "beautiful goal," why on earth would we rob players of LEGIT goals? Especially when we clearly have the means of getting it right.
Instant replay is only as intrusive as you allow it to be. Hopefully the experts figure out a way to implement it without ruining their sacred game, because these blown calls have come pretty close to doing that already.
Rugby > All sports
/obligatory
1) nothing wrong with a tie
2) yea its annoying and ill get fixed sooner then you think
3) see #2
4) refs miss calls in every single sport, its nothing new and will never change
5) that only happens in the WC and more specifically WCs held in Africa. its really not an issue at all in European football
6) stalling is no different then taking a knee and running the last 2 minutes off the clock in an NFL game
so yea your list sucks
All of these. If you don't like Soccer, don't watch it. /thread.
KT
2 refs (in addition to the linesmen). One ref and one linesman for each half of the pitch. I don't think you could ever institute a review system a la the NFL because play can't stop.
While that is a compelling argument, with the amount of money at stake, interrupting the "flow of a game" should take a back seat to making the correct call.
America's biggest beef with soccer, at least from the casual (read: noob) fan is the low scoring. Soccer enthusiasts, counter that argument by saying that rarity of the goals is what makes them special. That everything has to happen just right for a goal to be scored and that moment is a thing of beauty.
If that is the case and it is so hard and rare to score this "beautiful goal," why on earth would we rob players of LEGIT goals? Especially when we clearly have the means of getting it right.
Instant replay is only as intrusive as you allow it to be. Hopefully the experts figure out a way to implement it without ruining their sacred game, because these blown calls have come pretty close to doing that already.