What rules would you change on pitch

Lots of confusion on some football rules on pitch.
What rules should be changed and why.

 

I'd make most handballs in the box free kicks rather than penalties. Unless clearly deliberate (which is rare) I think a penalty is far too harsh an outcome when an attacker punts a ball off someone's hand.

I'd bring in a time limit for VAR decisions. If it takes 5 minutes and 10 angles of zoom lenses then it isn't an obvious error and the decision on the park should play. 60 seconds feels about right.

And off the pitch I would get rid of all seeding in competition draws. It's weird to me that this is considered normal in football. Would give a better opportunity for a few shocks.

 

* it... I'd make it possible to use 11 subs

 

Said this in another thread, get the cheating * who take corners put the ball in the actual arc

 

If anyone is found to be feigning injury or deliberate diving the opposing team should be allowed to stand round him pointing and laughing

 

Totally agree on the VAR point. If you need a line on a screen to prove that someone was an inch offside then it is not a "clear and obvious error". Funnily enough, years ago I'm sure there was a directive telling refs that if they weren't sure about an offside, give the benefit of the doubt to the attacker, whatever happened to that?

I would also bring in a rule that if an opposition player is fouled inside the box at Ibrox, then a penalty should be awarded.

 

female refs wearing stockings and suspenders haha
offside to be stopped when it's offside fekn hate when it's continued til next phase when it's clear offside.

 

Something to encourage flair. Not sure what, but some teams are just robotic and it's boring to watch.

 

I'd like to see a game where there's no back court passing similiar to basketball. Once over the half, you can't go back. Encourage attacking football.

 

Main one for me would be 3 VAR shouts per team only to be called for by the manager or captain, like in tennis. Less stop-start and you'd have to genuinely think there is a case for contesting the refs decisions (truly clear and obvious errors)

 

As @JML67 said, VAR challenges work in other sports. Obviously goals are checked irrespective, but the teams can challenge, which would mean perhaps incidents where a booking has been incorrectly given can be challenged potentially, as VAR cannot currently check for 2nd yellows for instance. I would say 1 captains challenge, and 1 managers challenge. If the challenge is upheld then it is not lost, but if the referee's original ruling is upheld then it is.

The other one I would go for is in relation to when games have extra time.

AT FT both teams lose 1 player, so it becomes 10 v 10, 10 min into ET, another player is taken off, sot it becomes 9 v 9, then at the 20min mark, another is taken off, so it becomes 8 v 8. If a team has had a red card, then that team is obviously at a natural disadvantage, so it would be 10 v 9, 9 v 8 etc.

Doing this, would test managers. Do they sacrifice a defender, a MF, an attacker? Someone's having an off day but the manager knows that they are capable of that moment of brilliance, do they take that risk? And is anoyone going to tell me that with less players on the park that potentially more scoring opportunities can be created, so the game is decided on football and not on penalties. If we do get to ET FT, then so be it, but at least given the best possible chance to get a resul from actual football, rather than the lottery of penalties

 

The offside rule needs changed imo. Should be allowed to be offside by 5-10 centimeters. Would make the game better. Also need to allow much more contact as the diving ruins the game. Not allowing contact * teams like Celtic in europe. Just look at how Atalanta got every single freekick. That would not happen if the rules were different. Don't need to be 70's type of contact but late 90s early 2000s was amazing. Will never happen though.

 

* would be careful never to cross it

 

I think one of the problems with football is they don't correctly make the right distinctions.

Offside-VAR is very different from foul-VAR and handball-VAR. Offside-VAR should've been brought in like goal-line technology, or not at all. Almost completely computerised, alerting the linesman when a play is offside so he can make a decision (i.e. whether the attacker ignored the ball or disputes over who played the ball). Admittedly this would be top level only due to cost. Call it something else like Offside-Line tech or something.

I would've brought that in with goal-line tech and built from there. Checks for offside are probably the biggest common time waster and the most frustrating because they happen after everyone has celebrated a goal. If you can do that check instantly (i.e. faster than even a linesman) with 100% accuracy then a big part of the VAR debate never even occurs.

I honestly think at that point a lot of the clamour for VAR goes away.

We would now have accurate offsides, accurate goal line and no time-wasting. Red cards and handballs are subjective and very debatable. Even with VAR it's often split opinion, plus you have the time-wasting.

I would at this point trial an appeal system, let's say for handballs. Give the captain one appeal per game he can only use if it's a decision against his team and he gets it back if the decision is overturned. The VAR would only check if the ball hit the players hand, not check the body position etc.

The captain isn't going to use it unless his player says it never hit his hand, so you're not going to get pointless delays, plus you'll overturn some incorrect decisions (think Scales a couple of weeks ago).


The point I'm making is you build up in each case, improving the game without pointless delay each time, rather than trying to get every single decision bang on when it's largely subjective anyway.

 

Should change cup tied rules.
If selling club is playing buying club in next round of cup then cup tied for that match only then after that player should be allowed to play.

 

Female refs got to have big enough * that she will knock herself out trying to keep up with the play.

 

Offside- only if attacking player inside penalty box and only using leg or head.
Arm not considered offside.
Direct free kick- Only between goal line and parallel to 18 yard box plus with penalty box semi circle.
Indirect free kick everywhere else.
Ref to warn captains any dispute of a decision must be made by them only.
Any other player gets booked immediately.
Any player feigning injury will be booked.
If found after match that player dived/feigned foul and opposition player punished and team get penalty and win match that match will be awarded to opposition.

 

Offside, the players entire body should be offside not just an inch of a shoulder.

 

League cup should be played with a £2 floater football

 

Throw ins must go forward. I'm old enough to remember when they occasionally did.