Sports in general need to make it illegal to dive to draw an undeserved penalty (or actually enforce the existing rules)
This is the nub of it - lack of enforcement of existing rules. People are always clamouring for this new rule or that new rule, when in fact there’s already one in place.
Eg football ⚽
At present, if a goalie has the ball in hand then they have 6 seconds to release it, or it’s meant to be an indirect free kick to the opposition inside the goalie’s team’s 18 yard box. Very dangerous situation to defend, so you’d think it’d be a deterrent. However I can count on 2 fingers the number of times I’ve actually seen it enforced.
So now there’s a change to the rules coming - if they have it in hand for 8 seconds, it’s a corner to the other team.
So, it’s a less punishing punishment, and they have 2 extra seconds’ leeway. It makes absolutely no sense.
You think the referee’s job is to have the game be fair and follow the rules. This is wrong. The referee’s job is to make the game entertaining and as dramatic as possible for the fans.
Once you accept that, a lot of these situations make a lot more sense.
This is the nub of it - lack of enforcement of existing rules. People are always clamouring for this new rule or that new rule, when in fact there’s already one in place.
Eg football ⚽
At present, if a goalie has the ball in hand then they have 6 seconds to release it, or it’s meant to be an indirect free kick to the opposition inside the goalie’s team’s 18 yard box. Very dangerous situation to defend, so you’d think it’d be a deterrent. However I can count on 2 fingers the number of times I’ve actually seen it enforced.
So now there’s a change to the rules coming - if they have it in hand for 8 seconds, it’s a corner to the other team.
So, it’s a less punishing punishment, and they have 2 extra seconds’ leeway. It makes absolutely no sense.
You think the referee’s job is to have the game be fair and follow the rules. This is wrong. The referee’s job is to make the game entertaining and as dramatic as possible for the fans.
Once you accept that, a lot of these situations make a lot more sense.