Now and then in the past, a rule was modified, now and then a new one was introduced. Of course, one should assume that it took some time for these ideas to take hold, because the rules are somewhat rigid, but if it is possible to intervene, then there should at least be a noticeable…
The rule of three points Now this rule is one that is rarely if ever discussed, so it is ideally suited for demonstrating something that can help get to the heart of the overall problem.The central view expressed in the text as a whole is that more goals would be good for football. More goals,…
This rule is ideally suited to point out a few basic things, especially since the rule itself seems to be generally recognised and not in question, and has thus remained largely unnoticed, so that at this point it is by no means possible to serve common clichés, but rather it is immediately apparent that the…
This rule itself is definitely worth a closer look, and, let’s call it that, slightly provocatively, “get to the bottom of it”. It becomes interesting, by the way, if you ask a random person (who is generally interested in football) about it. What were they thinking when they introduced her? At this point, everyone may…
A provocative statement that needs a good justification in order to be accepted.First of all, repeat that the referee has a very high, in principle too high responsibility. Decisions have to be made at the moment and cannot be taken back (the fact that there have recently been a few examples of a different kind…
Every other weekend… every (other? other?) weekend there are a bunch of so-called “upsets”. How are these subdivided, what are the categories of “upsets”? Has the paying spectator already become so jaded by a constant barrage of reporters that he or she is no longer interested in such questions, that he or she simply accepts…
One of the theses put forward — sometimes expressed in this way, sometimes in that way — is that the position on the pitch where an action to be judged takes place becomes indispensable for the referee to be able to assess foul or non-foul (it is hardly different in the case of questionable handball).…
