http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40311889
Some of these changes are iffy, but some make sense.
The document says match officials should be stricter on the rule which allows keepers to hold the ball for six seconds and be more stringent when calculating additional time.
Additionally, it suggests match officials stop their watch:
from a penalty being awarded to the spot-kick being taken
from a goal being scored until the match resumes from the kick-off
from asking an injured player if he requires treatment to play restarting
from the referee showing a yellow or red card to play resuming
from the signal of a substitution to play restarting
from a referee starting to pace a free-kick to when it is taken
I see no reason why the time added on can't take care of all of this going on. But many team sports do stop the clock and/or allow rolling subs.
One of the proposals would allow being able to dribble straight from a free-kick to "encourage attacking play as the player who is fouled can stop the ball and then immediately continue their dribble/attacking move".
Other measures include:
passing to yourself at a free-kick, corner and goal-kick
a stadium clock which stops and starts along with the referee's watch
allowing the goal-kick to be taken even if the ball is moving
a goal-kick being taken on the same side that the ball went out on
a "clearer and more consistent definition" of handball
a player who scores a goal or stops a goal with his hands gets a red card
a keeper who handles a backpass or throw-in from a team-mate concedes a penalty
the referee can award a goal if a player stops a goal being scored by handling on or close to the goal-line
referees can only blow for half-time or full-time when the ball goes out of play
a penalty kick is either scored or missed/saved and players cannot follow up to score to stop encroachment into the penalty area
My thoughts:
Instant/dribbling FKs might be a nightmare for match officials.
There's a special situation created by corners and free kicks that you don't want gone from the game. Not sure if these new proposals will remove them, but I fear they might. How do you set up a wall?
Being pedantic on rolling balls for goal kicks was always silly and the rule needs to be scrapped. Ditto the rules on where the GK must be taken.
No idea how you can get clearer with hand-ball.
Isn't stopping a goal with your hand a red card offence already? Reds for scoring with your hand would be pretty brutal but I believe fair, as long as the hand-ball is fairly adjudged.
Awarding a goal for handball stopping a goal sounds great, as long as it's very close to the goal line.
Blowing for time only on the ball going out of play can be abused. I'm ok with the rule but put a time limit so things don't get silly.
Absolutely against no follow ups in the area. I know it's to stop encroachment issues but follow ups create a lot of penalty drama that's very much enjoyable (e.g. Sanchez goal v Bayern)
