Middle Man
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It might not be penalised currently but, it certainly allows the referee some recourse to speed up play where there is an excessive delay.Time limits would never work unless it goes with a visible count(futsal style). We already have one (six second) last I saw it penalised was 2003.
I agree, the more I think about it, the mechanics probably won’t work.Only problem with that is if a player puts the ball into row Z, there's desperation to get the ball to the player. You'll start seeing tactics such as home teams supposedly 'not having a ball available' to quickly get the game going again.
At the end of the day, there's a referee on the pitch with rules backing him up to book players for situations like this. If they enforce it, the players don't do it. Simple enough
Perhaps Rugby Union might be an idea to follow, the clock just goes into red after 80 mins and the clock is stopped throughout the game meaning that there is no added time for stoppages as the playing time is not lost.