Define sufficiently. Because I fail to see how referees aren’t giving sufficient time but somehow players feel they need an extra substitution in over time. By the first logic they haven’t played a whole game anyway, why do they then need an extra sub?
Nothing earth-shattering, just the actual wording of the new NFHS rules and the rationale behind them: http://nfhs.org/sports-resource-content/soccer-rules-changes-2019-20/
So, does 3-4-3 also apply if the losing team has the throw in when we beckon their subs but the winning team also happens to have a sub waiting and they come on too? Or, technically, are we actually beckoning on the losing team's subs since it's their throw-in and the opponent subs are just coat-tailing the substitution opportunity?
All substitutes must be beckoned to enter the field of play, except at the beginning of a period. See 3-4-2, 3-4-1a, and 3-4-1b in particular. So I think it would apply to any substitution involving a winning team player (except if you have Bubba Atlanta's memory problems ).
Here are the situations that this applies to: 1. Winning team subs, clock stops 2. Both winning and losing team sub, clock stops 3. Losing team subs, no stoppage 4. Game is tied, no stoppage It's actually pretty simple. I don't really see the problem here. It has been this way at the college level for several years.
Any time that the winning team subs in the last five minutes in the second half, the clock is stopped even if the losing team is also subbing.
Thanks, that is how I read it. I have found a couple of points spelled out in the NFHS "Situations" sections that I might not have deduced 100% correctly on my own without having read them, so occasionally I ask some dumb questions just to be sure.
With the dropped ball changes in IFAB this year, IFAB and NFHS will once again be out of sync on restarts from injury. I'm not looking forward to low level NFHS matches where most of the players don't understand the concept of the "fair play" dropped ball.
It'll also be different because in NFHS, the ball still has to leave the penalty area on goal kicks and defensive free kicks before it is in play. In IFAB, the ball only has to be kicked. My bet is that NFHS will adopt the new IFAB drop ball and rules for defensive free free kicks/penalty kicks next year. That's how long it took them to adopt allowing kickoffs to be taken in any direction. NFHS is always behind FIFA/IFAB because the NFHS changes are announced in February while IFAB is later in the spring. It would be nice if NFHS just adopted IFAB Laws.
Yes, and it would be nice if premium beer poured from my water tap.... The structure of NFHS guarantees it will never happen. The rule books are a key part of how they make money. If they simply adopt the LOTG, they lose that as a revenue source. I don’t think there is any constituency in that power structure that thinks conforming to FIFA is enough of a goal to warrant that.
Excuse my ignorance, but is there a true sporting reason for them to have their own rule system? I get the money-making consideration, but I bet a survey of coaches, players, and referees would overwhelmingly support simply adopting LOTG.
I think @Law5 once described it as NFHS looks at it not as soccer being played in high school but rather as a high school competition that resembles soccer. The emphasis is on it being a school activity that is governed similarly to other school activities. Fortunately through the concerted efforts of certain individuals the rule differences between the LOTG and NFHS rules have been decreasing over the last decade or so.
I like to call NFHS rules the "maximization of participation." Injured player? Sub them off so someone else can play. Yellow card? Sub them off so someone else can play. Unlimited subs. Expanded roster. Player not on roster? Just add them on.
This still baffles me to this day. Random kid comes up at halftime and feels like giving soccer a go? Write his name on the roster, good to go.
NFHS says that it's rules are designed for students as opposed to adults and that the sporting environment is an extension of the class, which should be reflected in the rules.
It's not going to happen often because the coach has to know that the kid is a student at the school and meets any other school criteria to be eligible to play. So it's not going to be completely random.
I think that rule still comes from the pre-computer days when most rosters were handwritten so it was easy to add names. The only time that this has become a factor in a game for me was when a player had a different number than what was listed on the roster. The opposing coach complained so I asked the player's coach. It turned out the player got blood on his uniform at the last game. Since the roster can be changed at any time, we simply changed the number on the roster! Does any one know what roster rules are like for other high school sports?