IFAB football reform proposals

banduan

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)

Asterix

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40783273

English Football League to introduce the ABBA progression for penalty kicks in tournaments like the Checkatrade Trophy (formerly Johnstone Paints).

So team A goes first, then team B goes twice, then team A twice and so on. The idea is to reduce the pressure on the team that has to go second. It's an interesting proposal, and apparently has been trialled already in some junior tournaments. I'd be keen to see it in action if only to see how it influences the fans. At some point there will still be a sudden death kick I suppose.

Bold Tone

banduan wrote:
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)

I disagree and like the lot as, apart from re-introducing the old rule that "a goal-kick being taken on the same side that the ball went out on", they are all addressing unfairness. As a matter of fact i would be happy with a bit more as i hate simulation so anything that can be done to combat this is most welcome to me. I also find the yellow card benefits the wrong team and rugby address this with sin-bins but this, i accept, may be a step too far.

QuincyAbeyie

Bold Tone wrote:
...i would be happy with a bit more as i hate simulation so anything that can be done to combat this is most welcome to me.

There is a new rule on that as well. Each monday, potential dives will be reviewed of a panel consisting of a former manager, a former referee and an ex-player (lol), and if they all agree that it's a dive the player in question will get a two-match ban.