We've Got Rid Of 10 Thousand Words From The Rulebook To Make The Laws Of The Game Easier

[Lencarl]

JOHN FLEMING has spent the last four years sand-blasting the tablets of stone on which football was founded.

The result is a rule book that’s 10,000 words lighter – and a clutch of changes to the laws of the game that will make it even easier for players and fans to follow.

Read more at http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/sfa-ref-chief-john-fleming-7850675#9vK9mPZI5FLoHyIQ.99

 

 

Just a pity that the SFA can not put Scottish football in order first.

 

[ab24_5qh]

What does this mean:

 

"Free-kicks for offside being taken within a player’s own half."

[BWG]

[Lencarl]

What does this mean:

 

"Free-kicks for offside being taken within a player’s own half."

Not a clue.

 

Here are the main rule changes:

 

● The ball not having to move forward at kick-offs.

● Players staying on the pitch if they have denied a goalscoring opportunity in the penalty box as long as their actions are not deemed cynical.

● Players staying on the field after treatment but only if the tackle that caused their injury was a yellow or red-card offence.

● Free-kicks for offside being taken within a player’s own half.

● Penalties awarded if a sub or physio rushes on to the pitch from behind the goal and boots the ball to safety – a South American classic, apparently.

The rule changes are a result of an IFAB meeting hosted by the SFA in 2012 in which Fleming proposed the 130-year-old rule book was no longer fit for purpose.

 

This took 4 years

[BrianFaePerth]

"The Huns must win".

 

 

That's all the Scottish rules need.

[The Boofon]

Aren't free kicks for offside always taken in your own half anyway?

[ab24_5qh]

Aren't free kicks for offside always taken in your own half anyway?

 

Exactly.

[muttonhumper]

Maybe so you can tak them onywie in your ain half, regardless o' far the offside wis?

 

Fuck knows.

Sounds gypit.

[StandFree1982]

 

Not a clue.

 

Here are the main rule changes:

 

● The ball not having to move forward at kick-offs.

● Players staying on the pitch if they have denied a goalscoring opportunity in the penalty box as long as their actions are not deemed cynical.

● Players staying on the field after treatment but only if the tackle that caused their injury was a yellow or red-card offence.

● Free-kicks for offside being taken within a player’s own half.

● Penalties awarded if a sub or physio rushes on to the pitch from behind the goal and boots the ball to safety – a South American classic, apparently.

The rule changes are a result of an IFAB meeting hosted by the SFA in 2012 in which Fleming proposed the 130-year-old rule book was no longer fit for purpose.

 

This took 4 years

 

It doesn't state which side the physio or sub is from, so i'm expecting Robson to rush into the box, from behind the goal, whilst the opposition have the ball, and hoof the thing up the park to "safety". Penalty to the Dons.

[Redforever86]

It doesn't state which side the physio or sub is from, so i'm expecting Robson to rush into the box, from behind the goal, whilst the opposition have the ball, and hoof the thing up the park to "safety". Penalty to the Dons.

Someone needs to dress up as a Celtic physio....

[Chewie37]

I'd dinghy the offside rule completely and have the option of rolling subs. If you've used up your subs then a player gets an injury for example, be allowed to swap a player back on rather than playing with ten. Even better, if a player rolls around injured, then he must take five minutes off and be swapped to recover to prevent time wasting