Football rule changes

Might seem like a bit of a relic, but stop we need to stop fecking about. There's a reason football is popular.

With the exception of defenders not being allowed to go through the back of attackers, I'm struggling to think of a 'rule change' that has actually improved the game.

Offside - used to be simple - if you were ahead of the second to last defender when the ball is played forward then you were offside. Job done.

Rant time....they look at this from the wrong point of view. Like 0-0 is a nightmare dull game, wankers in suits panicking about the 'product'. It's the same reason they do 20/20 in cricket. It just isn't the same. The fact that goals in football are hard to come by, is the attraction. Basketball games finish 110-109 and they are shit.

Harrumph.

I would like the substitution rule if the rule was that a player MUST leave the field of play by the nearest point.

If it's left down to the player to leave the field wherever they want, what's to stop them walking from corner flag to corner flag at snail pace?

shaky said:

I don't like the new sub rule. Seems a very half-hearted attempt at preventing time wasting.

Why not just let referees continue with the game once the sub's number comes up and the ref has confirmed the substitution is going ahead? If the player coming off wants to take 5 minutes to walk off, that's up to him, but he's not allowed to interfere with play, and his replacement isn't allowed on until he's off the pitch. Problem solved.

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This would be the way to do it if they're not forced to leave the field of play by the nearest touchline, which it sounds like they're is no force in place. It's just 'can'

Subs should happen and the onus should be on the team making it to get their player off and on asap. The game shouldn't come to a halt 6 times in the 2nd half for subs.

Glad the rumored no rebounds on penalties rule was BS.

Accidental handball goals not counting - I swear this supposedly already happening in England. Can't remember the game or player but I've seen a goal disallowed for that in the last year or two and the PGMOL released a statement saying they were already doing this. However, I've also since seen them allowed.

No attacking players in the wall - Good for stopping attackers players in the wall being pushed or pulled out of position, bad in other ways. I don't think there's anything wrong with putting players on the end of a wall to unsight the goalkeeper, just as long as they don't push and pull. Also I've seen a rare trick free-kick where instead of shooting, the free kick taker chips it and an attacking player on the end of the wall spins in behind. I like that free kick and it kills it. Not sure on this rule change, positives and negatives.

Cards for coaches - fair enough, I like it. Lets the crowd know exactly what's happened, lets the coaches know they need to watch their step if they got a yellow.

Substituted players to leave at the nearest point - Should speed up the flow of the game but refs should be adding time on now anyway if someone is dragging his heels. Still, even if a ref does add on time now for it, it can disrupt the rhythm of play to a greater extent than in the future, especially for an attacking team chasing a goal. It can hurt their momentum.

Big worry over player safety though - do you want to make a substituted player walk behind a particularly rowdy home end? I see more players getting objects thrown at them. The area where a sub bench is tends to have lots of police, stewards, cameras and officials round them. They're safer than walking behind a goal.

One not mentioned - goal kicks must leave the area currently, that's being scrapped. A goalie or defender taking one will be able to knock a two yard pass to his mate if he wants. I rarely see this one infringed, but I suppose I'm fine with this change. Not sure what the current (old) rule brought to the table.

jojojo said:

IFAB themselves say:
Following experiments in different parts of the world, the AGM also approved changes to the Laws of the Game related to a player being substituted having to leave the field of play at the nearest boundary line
http://www.theifab.com/news/133rd_annual_general_meeting

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That's good, and a bit different to what Sky are saying. Their use of 'can' made it sound like a choice, which would be mad.

jojojo said:

I think the rule change is supposed to deal with a piece of modern timewasting/gamesmanship. Slow kick ball along the goalline to own player, if the opponent chases it, the defender steps inside the area to invalidate the kick. Harder to stop the attacker from attacking now.

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I'm fine with that if that's the reasoning behind the change.

Wonder why the old rule existed? Only theory I can come up with is that it may have been seen harsh on a goalie should he slip while taking one, made weak contact with the ball and ended up on his backside. So instead of allowing a forward to knock it into a unguarded goal they decided the ball should leave the area. Essentially extra protection for 'keepers that no other player got on restarts.

OnlyTwoDaSilvas said:

I would like the substitution rule if the rule was that a player MUST leave the field of play by the nearest point.

If it's left down to the player to leave the field wherever they want, what's to stop them walking from corner flag to corner flag at snail pace?

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Wont change a thing. A player to be subbed will then make his way to centre spot. He will look up and go to jog off either way and then feign stupidity and turn and jog off to the other side.........thus wasting the same amount of time per substitution. Just add back on time for subs or better still stop the clock until the sub is made.

Once the bloke holds up the sub board, the ref should allow the new player on inmediately.

The subbed off player can take as long as he wants to get off the field while play continues but if he interferes in any way he gets a straight red. Up to him to get out of the way.

It's all well and good refs adding time one for subs but that does not address that managers use late subs to disrupt play as much as they do to waste time.

1. Accidental handball goal won't stand
-- isn't that how the rule already is? seriously need VAR for this.
2. Substituted players can leave the field anywhere
-- MUST instead of just can. Ref to point which nearest linepoint players should leave.
3. No attacking players in the wall
-- yellow cards to be given to offenders, after warning.
4. Coaches will receive cards
-- touchline and bench ban afterwards? if red card, 2 yellows in a game, and accumulation of yellow for many games? should be.

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All good.
Still waiting for the "Time Pause" rule.

Not really a change to game rules but more the politics of football

When signing a player classed as foreign from a club overseas. The buying club must also pay 1% of the fee to the FA specifically for grassroots.

Grassroots clubs that nurtured a player at the pre-academy phase receive payouts that depend on the success of ‘signed player’ for example (premier league club)

£100 when player signs for academy (cat 1)

£500 when player signs scholarship forms

£1000 when a player signs pro forms

£2000 when senior debut is made

£10,000 once 25 appearances are made

£10,000 when international debut is made

0.2% of any transfer fee of player.


I think with these changes, grassroots clubs would prosper. Facilities will improve and the long term vision would be that we wouldn’t need to quota the number of homegrown players per squad. The quality would all be here in this country and we wouldn’t have to shop abroad.

Grassroots is for me the lifeblood of football and is constantly ignored by the big boys despite them being more than happy to dip their hand in willy nilly whenever the feel like it.

SiRed said:

Not really a change to game rules but more the politics of football

When signing a player classed as foreign from a club overseas. The buying club must also pay 1% of the fee to the FA specifically for grassroots.

Grassroots clubs that nurtured a player at the pre-academy phase receive payouts that depend on the success of ‘signed player’ for example (premier league club)

£100 when player signs for academy (cat 1)

£500 when player signs scholarship forms

£1000 when a player signs pro forms

£2000 when senior debut is made

£10,000 once 25 appearances are made

£10,000 when international debut is made

0.2% of any transfer fee of player.


I think with these changes, grassroots clubs would prosper. Facilities will improve and the long term vision would be that we wouldn’t need to quota the number of homegrown players per squad. The quality would all be here in this country and we wouldn’t have to shop abroad.

Grassroots is for me the lifeblood of football and is constantly ignored by the big boys despite them being more than happy to dip their hand in willy nilly whenever the feel like it.

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Aren't you describing the already existing solidarity payment?

JPRouve said:

Aren't you describing the already existing solidarity payment?

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i dont believe there is one!

JPRouve said:

Aren't you describing the already existing solidarity payment?

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seems there is something. never heard of it before mind.

https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/s...pensation-and-solidarity-payments-in-football

SiRed said:

seems there is something. never heard of it before mind.

https://www.lawinsport.com/topics/s...pensation-and-solidarity-payments-in-football

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It's often mentioned, so I wasn't sure if you were thinking about tweaking it or simply didn't realize that it was already in place.