This referee has a few ideas- any comments?

futureboy said:
Remember the Luton game a couple of years ago? We forced the ref and linesman to have a conversation about James Collins' penalty, and subsequently disallow it, by arguing vehemently about it. I know that's a rarity, but we never would've got the decision if we hadn't protested so strongly. Shame the same tactic hasn't worked with all the other times officials have made game-ruining decisions.
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This is wrong, just wrong. Harranging an official should be a no no in any sport
 
ThePrisoner said:
Moving free kicks forward was in place for a season or two not so long ago, you may recall. If the defending team didn't retreat 10 yards then the ref moved the free kick forward 10 yards. I thought it was a great rule but TPTB decided otherwise and binned it,
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I thought it was great until Boro became the first team to fall foul of it and concede. At Wigan iirc?
The trouble was, they thoughtlessly copied Rugby by having a 10 yard retreat, when that was too severe when applied to footie. 5 yards yes.
 
Two different approaches to use of substitutions.

1. A 2 or 3 minute delay from when a substituted player leaves the field before a sub can come on. This should deter teams from 'emptying the bench' and causing an anticlimactic last 5 minutes.

2. Substituted players should incur a 1 match suspension. If the player is injured or having a poor game, then no loss to his side. Problem: what to do in end of season games for consistency?
 
SmallTown said:
This is wrong, just wrong. Harranging an official should be a no no in any sport
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In an ideal world where officials don't (or, with the help of technology, can't) make egregious and result-defining errors with significant consequences, eg Clattenburg costing Hignett his job, I'd agree.
 
futureboy said:
In an ideal world where officials don't (or, with the help of technology, can't) make egregious and result-defining errors with significant consequences, eg Clattenburg costing Hignett his job, I'd agree.
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Every sport with human referees will suffer errors. Guess what, players make errors too. Arenyou seriously suggesting harrasing officials is a good thing? That's crazy
 
TeaCider said:
Sin bin is the only one I'd support.
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Sin bins have been in use since the IFAB authorised them back in 2017 (although not for the top professional levels).

It's up to each national association to decide exactly how to implement them and in England they're used at every level up to Step 5 of the National League System and for Tier 3 and below in women's football.
 
Randy said:
All of them absolutely spot on.
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Except that a bunch of them are not "new rules" at all - they're just a re-stating of existing laws. Or a rehashing of older ideas that were already tried and discarded before.

As for them being radical changes that would somehow transform the game from the way it is today, they're far, far from that.
 
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