Making the Game Great Again

By: Bob | August 21st, 2007

It is the nature of sports fans to wax nostalgic about the good old days. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if a week after the first soccer game was ever played people were talking about how the game has gone to shit. That talk continues today with no shortage of commentators lamenting the state of the modern game.

101 Great Goals has an interesting reprint of a story that looks at 50 ways to make the sport great again. The suggestions range from the simple, like stopping the clock when a player is injured, to the sublime:

32. CLUBS MUST FIELD AT LEAST TWO PLAYERS WITH A BODY-FAT PERCENTAGE GREATER THAN 20. Athleticism is ruining all sports (with the possible exception of athletics), but especially football.

There are some clever suggestions on the list and surely you can add to them. If you were the czar of the soccer world for a day what rules - ridiculous or serious - would you put in place to make that world a better place?

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• Peter |  August 21st, 2007 at 12:43 pm

  
  
  

  Teams should be required to field three forwards. No more solitary strikers and playing for 0-0 draws.

  Posted from United States

  

• Frank |  August 21st, 2007 at 2:04 pm

  
  
  

  Make the penalty box smaller so there aren’t as many player diving to win a penalty kick.

  Posted from United States

  

• The-Man-in-your-head |  August 21st, 2007 at 2:55 pm

  
  
  

  put lava patches on the pitch and crazy golf sorta stuff that they have to go through before scorin thatll do the job

  Posted from United Kingdom

  

• john |  August 21st, 2007 at 3:28 pm

  
  
  

  A mercury based sensor that can sense when the ball has stopped moving, and thus explode, sending shrapnel screaming across the field and giving the job of Sports Medic an entirely different meaning.

  Posted from United States

  

• sv |  August 21st, 2007 at 5:28 pm

  
  
  

  Zero points for a tie

  Posted from United States

  

• Chris |  August 22nd, 2007 at 7:06 am

  
  
  

  Kidney punches are allowed.

  Posted from United States

  

• J |  August 22nd, 2007 at 9:59 am

  
  
  

  Snipers in the stands ready to make sure that anyone who dives on the pitch never gets up.

  Posted from United States

  

• Rick |  August 22nd, 2007 at 5:31 pm

  
  
  

  video replay challenges like in the nfl. instead of losing a timeout, you would have to concede a freekick in your half.

  Posted from United States

  

• Melanie |  August 23rd, 2007 at 12:44 am

  
  
  

  Get rid of the shirts. Names & Numbers can be bodypainted. 1 - No more stopping anyone by tugging his shirt. 2 - Give the girls some abs to admire! Plus: instead of swapping shirts after a game, swap the shorts. YUMMY.

  Posted from Germany

  

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