I've been an advocate in the professional game for some time now. Surely the tv companies will put the pressure on? W9nt ever be in the amateur level is have thought but surely a must for the professional game?
Golf. Ball in flight less than 1% of the whole sport.8 minutes waiting for one player. That's crazy
Are there any other sports in which timing is so badly measured/policed?
Golf. Ball in flight less than 1% of the whole sport.
The worry is; if a law comes into effect whereby a game is clocked properly, the Premier League will suffer because it's fundamentally uncompetitive. I can see scorelines of 7 8 9 10 - 0 damaging the reputation of the league and exposing the chasm between top and bottomHuddersfield did it at the Etihad from the first minute last year. Every goal kick it took a long time for the keeper to walk to get the ball, spot it, kick studs against the post, watch full back run towards the 18 yard box to pretend that they are looking for a short one, wait for them to get back up with the centre halves, stand and wait for a warning from the ref and repeat next time
So that can be ignored as well?A goalkeeper is allowed only 6 seconds to get rid of the ball from his hands but could take 30-40 seconds to take a kick from the floor.
Its a surprise there isnt a 6 second throw inn law.
This already happens in basketball. Also in AFL (most popular code of footy in Aus). There is no scheduling issues from it.Problem with stopping the clock every time the ball is out is no one will have any idea when the game will finish. Using the Cardiff vs Burnley game as an example, a game that finished around 17:50 would have actually finished more like 18:30. That affects TV schedules, fan's journeys home, etc.
I think time limits for throw ins, goal kicks, etc should be introduced, as well as bookings for things like this... you HAVE to watch this; very bad advertisement for the game