What rule would you change or bring in?

**John83** · 15/03/2006, 5:44 PM

Originally Posted by ken foree

games are held up all the time for injuries so i wouldn't mind the extra wait if if meant eventually banning diving, better enforcement of offside, and better penalty decisions. i would welcome 8-10 mins extra if it meant all these things drastically improved. under-age tournament should be given a trial at first obviously and perhaps only in certain aspects of the game (at first), ball over the goal-line/penos and offside decisions. i think the ol' tony adams hand in the air would die a swift death if he knew there was a replay being shown somewhere

My feelings exactly. What's another five minutes to get it right?

**Bald Student** · 15/03/2006, 7:49 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

It doesn't take seconds; in fact, you're seeing 8 or 10 minutes of injury time in rugby games with video replays, and that's just for tries. (b) An experiment can be carried out - say with a watch and a rugby match - that video replay decisions take the guts of 30 seconds or a minute to make a call. And even then, they're not necessarily right.

You're using false arguments here pineapple. Rugby has 8 to 10 mins of injury time bacause it's a sport with a lot of injuries. Also, the time a ref spends talking to players is added on. Very little of it is because of video ref decisions.

The decisions being talked about here for football are much simpler than the ones in rugby. Did the ball cross the line or who was in front when the ball was played? In rugby a ref has to look at several angles to try to find one where he can best see a ball under a big pile of players or to find an angle where he can see the ball being touched down in the same shot as the player touching the corner flag.

**CollegeTillIDie** · 17/03/2006, 8:20 AM

Well here's one "rule" I would change.
Only have actual League Champions play in the "Champions League" or else make them change the name of the competition. Any other activity so blatantly inaccurate would be taken to court under the Trade Descriptions Act !