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yes you are correct.
For me, the low scoring output is what makes the goals so damn exciting. They happen at an almost perfect rate, IMO. Adding higher scoring waters down the game.
right, it can't be eliminated, but there are adjustments that can be made. I loved the one that you can't be offside if receiving a ball inside the 18. Seems like that one kills 1-2 great chances a game. I also liked the old 35 yard line rule that @Doug Bmentioned above.
One thing I've seen some people bounce around on another forum was to put a distance limit on offsides. For instance, instead of measuring offsides by the exact location of the last defender, it would be measured by the location of the last defender plus 2 to 5 meters towards the goal (depending on the specific proposal).
And of course that could be played with -- it's just a line on the turf. 20 meters, 30 meters, whatever seems to make sense.
It's also the Braves first season at SunTrust - I'd guess their numbers are a little inflated by that but more so they just haven't had a great product for several years. Their farm system is great right now so they should be decent again in two years - but again, the OP started with a premise I think is wrong - I didn't start a thread saying soccer > baseball or United > Braves.
this is the biggest issue. As you know, this is the most corrupt organization in sports. These guys make moves based on how much the suitcase of cash weighs they get sent.
This was actually tested many years ago. I forget the size increase but the end result was that while scoring increased a little (it was less than expected) that the massive cost to adjust every goal in the world was not worth it.
Also little incentive to make changes so that the Americans might be more interested.
Considering the growth I'm not sure anything drastic is needed but baseball, basketball and football all put in new rules to help the offense over the years so it wouldn't be too crazy to try something - I'm just not sure there's as obvious changes you could make as the other sports had.
That would undoubtedly lead to a civil war. In the US...
You should really quit while you're behind
yeah, FIFA sees the huge money flowing from the US and realizes they don't need to do anything specific. The US World Cup TV rights are already the most of any country in terms of cost and FIFA has seen the MLS TV rights and expansion fees sky rocket the past ten years. They realize they don't need to cater.
Add in a billion Indians and you have a potential combined market of about a third of the globe's population. They're already footy-mad and that's with national teams that are either mediocre or putrid. A combination of a growing middle class and nowhere to go but up for the quality of domestic play and anybody can see the money potential in those two places.
yeah FIFA has already won the lottery in the US.
One simple rule change would be to attach a tether to the goalie & goal post to restrict movement
Reminds me of the ufc sale. Bought for $2m in 2001, sold in 2017 for $4b. Solid profit.
But they can...the jerseys are walking advertisements...boards around the field with more ads...those awesome 3D things behind the goal.
Baseball allows to play keep away?
Good snark, Bro.Baseball allows to play keep away?
You do realize that's the only game where the defense starts play by pitching the ball to the offense?
since we have determined that this thread topic is fairly meaningless with out a definition of what he means by catching on I guess rule changes have taken over.
Is it? Not really.
And why are the officials so gullible? If they ignore the dives, the faking will stop.
Diving/faking is more common in Latin and South America. Much less so in the US and Europe.
