Got the new rules for this season and the one that caught me was new clock rules. If the the team leading make a sub in the last 5 minutes the clock is supposed to stop. What you think
I Am Mine said:
Why don't they just let the ref keep the clock like in almost every other league in the world?
Sounds like lipstick on a pig.
mathguy86 said:
It's an over correction for an issue that mostly doesn't exist and when it did a referee had a tool to deal with it. Before if you thought a team was time wasting by cycling subs you could warn the coach and if needed (a) stop the clock and (b) card the coach.
It is implementing a college rule that frankly wasn't being abused because of the limited reentey in college.
It's going to be a mess because HS time keepers don't pay attention half the time.
bbry81 said:
Yes but people want to see the score board. The refs keep the time just in case the clock fails but fans want to know. And most people at a high school don't know what's really going on in the game so it's simpler. And I'll be honest in my area the refs aren't exactly the best to deal with that kind of stuff
Foxymophandlemama said:
Why don't they just let the ref keep the clock like in almost every other league in the world?
Sounds like lipstick on a pig.
Just helped with a soccer tournament for my son's school and have been to two other tournaments watching his team and parts of the freshman team. So out of the about 22 games I have seen three game tying and/or winning goals and a handful of games that were pure chaos during the last 90 seconds that left you wondering were that team was the other 60+ minutes, one goal hit the back of the net as the buzzer fired off. Last push can be pretty damn exciting if the losing team can keep possession.Quote:
In HS, the last 20/30 seconds or so are kinda worthless and consist of players just trying to rip shots from 50 yards out because they are afraid of running out of time. The excitement of a last push is not there.
So I like the clock being visible, just not it being the "official" clock. So there would still be the rush to score at the end, but the game wouldn't end with a player still dribbling into the box for a 1v1 against the goalie and stuff like that. The player should be able to at least rip that last shot. I hate when game ends on a corner kick with the player unable to put the ball on the spot, back up, and then kick it in time. I've seen that countless times in my kids' HS and college games and it's annoying, and it happens way more often than a game ending with a score as the clock rolls to zero.swc93 said:Just helped with a soccer tournament for my son's school and have been to two other tournaments watching his team and parts of the freshman team. So out of the about 22 games I have seen three game tying and/or winning goals and a handful of games that were pure chaos during the last 90 seconds that left you wondering were that team was the other 60+ minutes, one goal hit the back of the net as the buzzer fired off. Last push can be pretty damn exciting if the losing team can keep possession.Quote:
In HS, the last 20/30 seconds or so are kinda worthless and consist of players just trying to rip shots from 50 yards out because they are afraid of running out of time. The excitement of a last push is not there.