Overtime Rule Changes - 2022

Discussion in 'Women's College' started by PlaySimple, Apr 21, 2022.

  1. SpeakeroftheHouse

    PSG
    Italy
    Nov 2, 2021
    Yes and no, because without fans, there are no pro teams. Probably not college either. The argument of players health is a weak one IMO. At most a team might go to OT 3-4 times a season. They likely don’t all go the distance, which means they’re playing an extra half a game or 3/4 of a game. If you drop a game from the schedule, you have done more to help prevent injuries and yet kept the integrity of the game. Again, IMO. Agree with you on that one. It is a matter of preference and taste. But the health argument isn’t a great one.
     
  2. Fitballer

    Fitballer Member

    Mar 6, 2015
    Just throwing out another option that I don't think anyone else has brought up. I am showing my age here but how about we bring back the old MLS shootouts....for those of you who weren't around for them...HERE YOUR GO

    They were exciting to watch, they don't exhaust the players the way OT does but adds an element of soccer skill to the mix (or GK bravery depending how you look at it)

    TBH I haven't thought it out at all---just throwing some more wood onto the fire here
     
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  3. Soccerhunter

    Soccerhunter Member+

    Sep 12, 2009
    Don't know whether it is still done, but about 10 years ago I was told that Texas high schools (girls, at least) were doing a similar procedure.
     
  4. Cliveworshipper

    Cliveworshipper Member+

    Dec 3, 2006
    #54 Cliveworshipper, Oct 8, 2022
    Last edited: Oct 8, 2022

    LOL careful what you wish for. It was almost brought back for the MLS NEXT pro league

    https://www.espn.com/soccer/major-l...awsjust-penalty-shootouts-in-inaugural-season


    A penalty in the shootout resulted in a normal PK. And it looks like rock hard Astroturf will have to make a comeback.

    i think FIFA also permitted it on an experimental basis in the Netherlands.

    next up, return of the 35 yard offside line.
    http://refereetales.blogspot.com/2017/01/letter-to-ifab-part-4-35-yard-line.html
     
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  5. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
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    Well, there is always the good old fashioned ultra-fast option.... the coin flip! :geek::geek::geek::laugh::laugh::laugh:

    Don't laugh, Italy men's NT won a semi-final of the Euro with it, and went on winning the whole thing. :giggle::giggle::giggle:
     
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  6. Cliveworshipper

    Cliveworshipper Member+

    Dec 3, 2006
  7. Cliveworshipper

    Cliveworshipper Member+

    Dec 3, 2006
    Rock Paper Scissors is more to my taste.
     
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  8. Fitballer

    Fitballer Member

    Mar 6, 2015
  9. NaBUru38

    NaBUru38 Member+

    Mar 8, 2016
    Las Canteras, Uruguay
    Club:
    Club Nacional de Football
    I'm disappointed to see two more pages of replies, and not a single one saying my ideas are ridiculous :p
     
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  10. blissett

    blissett Member+

    Aug 20, 2011
    Italy
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    Actually, at first sight I indeed thought that the shootout before the game was just crazy nonsense. Then, on second thought, I found myself musing on it with a strange "Hey, why not, after all?" expression on my face.

    Basically, you'd know in advance who's going to win if the game ends in a draw: quite a motivator for the team who lost the shootout! :p Unfair tactical advantage for the other team? Sure, but they earned it by winning the shootout itself!

    Ok, craziness! :x3: But food for thought anyway. :)
     
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  11. NaBUru38

    NaBUru38 Member+

    Mar 8, 2016
    Las Canteras, Uruguay
    Club:
    Club Nacional de Football
    In either of my options, an additional rule could be that a true match winner would get 4 points and the loser 0, whereas a tiebreaker winner would get 3 points and the loser 1.
     
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  12. cpthomas

    cpthomas BigSoccer Supporter

    Portland Thorns
    United States
    Jan 10, 2008
    Portland, Oregon
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    United States
    Here is a bit of trivia related to the change to no overtimes.

    At the beginning of each season, the coaches in each conference do pre-season in-conference rankings of their teams. Likewise, Chris Henderson does them using his metrics and I do them using team trends. Here is a little table that shows how far each of us was off from the actual final regular season rankings, on average, for the years for which I have kept the data:

    upload_2023-3-21_16-20-27.png

    Of interest is that we all did more poorly with no overtimes. Perhaps the change has added an element of uncertainty to where teams will end up?

    The sample probably is too small to have much meaning, but it will be interesting to see how we do the next couple of years.
     

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