07-04-2022, 01:43 PM
How many more April fools stories can we find?
Yes great idea, shorten the halves to 30 minutes because the ball is out of play for fifteen minutes. Then after a while people will moan that in those 30 minutes the ball is out of play for 15 minutes.
Why not go the whole way and just decide the match on the coin toss?
Technically, according to the rules of the game, the timekeeper (The ref to you and me) should stop the watch when the ball is dead. That should mean when the ball goes out of play. (free kick, corner, throw-in) In reality "timewasting" is a misnoma because untill the ball is kicked or thrown back into play the ref's watch should be stopped. (Yes I am a qualified ref).
Never happens though does it?
Yes great idea, shorten the halves to 30 minutes because the ball is out of play for fifteen minutes. Then after a while people will moan that in those 30 minutes the ball is out of play for 15 minutes.
Why not go the whole way and just decide the match on the coin toss?
Technically, according to the rules of the game, the timekeeper (The ref to you and me) should stop the watch when the ball is dead. That should mean when the ball goes out of play. (free kick, corner, throw-in) In reality "timewasting" is a misnoma because untill the ball is kicked or thrown back into play the ref's watch should be stopped. (Yes I am a qualified ref).
Never happens though does it?