- Mar 18, 2005
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Was giving some thought to changes to the game in my lifetime and our initial reaction was to them.
My first memory was the change to the back pass rule. I don’t remember this getting too much resistance at the time. Watching teams 1 goal up calmly passing to the keeper to pick up did take the sting out of a game.
The next one was the playoffs. My memory was this was very much opposed at the time. It was seen as unfair that a team could finish 6th and get promoted on the back of three games at the expense of a team finishing 3rd after 46 games.
In time though it feels this has been embraced and the Championship final is seen as one of the biggest in football.
Personally I am still against changes to the offside rule. It gets too complicated for the officials trying to judge who was interfering with play at different stages of play. Not really bothered by it though.
Naturally we are different ages so have seen different changes in our lives.
Hoping to hear what changes others have seen in their lives and how they view them in hindsight.
Hoping the discussion stays on rules and regulations rather than a money discussion but naturally I can’t control the discussion.
My first memory was the change to the back pass rule. I don’t remember this getting too much resistance at the time. Watching teams 1 goal up calmly passing to the keeper to pick up did take the sting out of a game.
The next one was the playoffs. My memory was this was very much opposed at the time. It was seen as unfair that a team could finish 6th and get promoted on the back of three games at the expense of a team finishing 3rd after 46 games.
In time though it feels this has been embraced and the Championship final is seen as one of the biggest in football.
Personally I am still against changes to the offside rule. It gets too complicated for the officials trying to judge who was interfering with play at different stages of play. Not really bothered by it though.
Naturally we are different ages so have seen different changes in our lives.
Hoping to hear what changes others have seen in their lives and how they view them in hindsight.
Hoping the discussion stays on rules and regulations rather than a money discussion but naturally I can’t control the discussion.