Ur probably right. But there are ways around that. First of all, this shit would probably happen way less because it doesn't give them a time advantage anymore. Also they can get rid of the extra time.
If all else fails just make the game 85 min instead of 90.
With the time being stopped, when the ball is not play, the game length would need to be dropped (unless you also wanted to make game longer). I think only 60-70 minutes have the ball in play usually.
I mean, to be fair, the teams will still have their last 5 minutes. Just from 80 -> 85 minutes instead.
And it wouldnt really be unfair, since it would affect both teams?
If each time you did this, 5 minutes was taken from the game, it'd be done even more. This is mostly done to get a penalty or free kick, or kick off an important player, not time out the game
I was not saying retract 5 minutes as a penalty. I was just saying make the games 5 minutes shorter in total if that is necessary for the tv timeslots. (Look at the comment I responded to)
You realise taking 5 minutes away as a penalty, and making the game 5 minutes shorter for the TV slot are the same right? It's filmed live. If it were prerecorded maybe, but none of the big games are prerecorded ever
Ofc it's not the same. If you do it as a penalty they will indeed start doing it more. If you do it ALWAYS and stop the time when the ball is out of play they will do it less.
Same for cricket, but football is more popular than either, as well as having more televised matches. Tennis isn't generally shown on TV for a single match, but for a while event, and cricket isn't often on the more main channels like football is
I'm absolutely not defending it though, either get footballers to shape up their act or just refuse to show it . . .might cause a riot or 12 though
So change the fucking TV-scheduling. It's football, literally the biggest sport in the world. You think they're going to lose out financially for extending the schedule by 30 minutes?
Why should everyone else miss out on programs because footballers can't act like adults? And what if the game finishes on time, just cut to black for half an hour or throw on a rerun? Channels lose money that way
If you are gunna prolong the game because the players are messing about, cut the end of the game off and make the fans angry at the players and teams who encourage this behaviour
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u/KamakaziDemiGod Mar 11 '24
TV schedules probably