A game of - not quite - two halves?

Here is a radical idea......but risky but I think most people might go for it......

Just leave football alone.....it's worked the over 100 years the way it is??? (Basically has?)

Or does it need to be kept meddling with to accommodate a new type of fan?

Not really a surprise, they've screwed cricket into a game for accountants and they're also looking to mess about big time with tennis, add that to all the other sports they've made more 'spectator friendly' and it would be the shock of the century if football wasn't on the tinkering list as well. There was actually a discussion during the tennis coverage today about reducing both the length, 6 to 4, and number, 5 to 3, of sets, the 'experts' openly stating that it had to come because younger people nowadays don't have the attention span required to watch the old fashioned stuff that us old gits put up with, talk about insulting your support base, or is it an insult? are the future supporters that bad that sports will all be butchered to keep the punters rolling up and spending their cash?

Would that be a bad thing? (I'm serious in case you're wondering)

I'm with you on this one, Thad.

Referees seem unwilling to enforce existing laws, why would shuffling things around make any difference?

For example, I note the suggestion to only allow the captain to talk to the referee to prevent him being crowded or intimidated. Currently the referee can book players for 'unsporting behaviour' of which attempted intimidation of the referee would count, so the referee could warn the book anyone acting in this manner.

Secondly, if the captain is injured and receiving treatment how can he speak to the referee? Who would in that instance?

The answer to the current issues is not to confuse matters but to enforce the existing laws!

Of course the easy way to kill this one off is by using the one and only thing that really matters in the current football universe... suggest to club representatives at the meeting, that it is only fair & reasonable that their TV revenue and admission prices plus staff wages, should all consequently be reduced by a third to reflect the change..!  

 

Once they have recovered from the shock, they will be moving onto the next agenda item pretty damn pronto.

Not that I am condoning it - but it would pave the way for Sin Bins - as 10 minutes playing time would be easier to assess than currently.