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Post by soccerdad44 on Jul 16, 2015 11:06:06 GMT -5
www.cnn.com/2015/07/14/health/youth-soccer-safety/I find this interesting: "According to FIFA, soccer's governing body that sets the rules for both professional and youth leagues, only shoulder-to-shoulder contact is permitted. However as soccer has grown in popularity in the U.S. in the last several decades, "we've allowed it to become more of a contact sport," Fields said." This matches what I see on TV and in youth games. The rules are rarely enforced. Nowhere is it allowed to use a stiff arm to keep defenders away, give 2 handed pushes in the back, grab arms when you are playing defense, etc. But this is the norm on TV and in youth games. Referees don't call it at all levels. A big part of soccer has effectively become cheating and seeing what you can get away with, and as a result the sport has become much more dangerous than it should be. :-( When is soccer going to start enforcing its own rules?
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Post by oldboy on Jul 16, 2015 14:10:02 GMT -5
To be fair, soccer is a far less physical and violent sport today than it was 20-30 years ago when I was growing up playing. I agree with your basic premise, that the game is not officiated anywhere near the letter of the rules, but it is much closer to that than it has ever been in its history.
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Post by blueronin on Jul 16, 2015 15:52:25 GMT -5
To be fair, soccer is a far less physical and violent sport today than it was 20-30 years ago when I was growing up playing. I agree with your basic premise, that the game is not officiated anywhere near the letter of the rules, but it is much closer to that than it has ever been in its history. Falls in line with player identification and selection. Game is fast and physical, therefore players need fast and physical.
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Post by rifle on Jul 29, 2016 21:09:40 GMT -5
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