Sports season changes

[kphoger]

Replays should be abolished–at least for proper rounds.  However, FA Trophy replays should be brought back.

Falkland Islands and Pitcairn should enter the FA Cup.  France lets overseas clubs to enter, yet England doesn't. England should also let them do so.

And, lastly, FA Cup quarter-finals could have a Friday game.

Have you collected this from nonleaguematters.co.uk forum, where I am in same username as here?

I really like these ideas, and I think they should happen.

[1995hoo]

All soccer fields should have yard lines painted on them in the way football fields are painted. It would help the commentators in referring to locations on the field and it would help with judging offside calls.

[GaryV]

All soccer fields should have yard lines painted on them in the way football fields are painted. It would help the commentators in referring to locations on the field and it would help with judging offside calls.

I don't know about offside. But it sure helps determine 10-yard distance from a restart that the opponents can stand. For the refs that is. The players still don't appreciate how far 10 yards is. Even when you point out that the ball is on the 30 yard line, so you have to be at the 20 or farther back.

[NWI_Irish96]

All soccer fields should have yard lines painted on them in the way football fields are painted. It would help the commentators in referring to locations on the field and it would help with judging offside calls.

I don't know about offside. But it sure helps determine 10-yard distance from a restart that the opponents can stand. For the refs that is. The players still don't appreciate how far 10 yards is. Even when you point out that the ball is on the 30 yard line, so you have to be at the 20 or farther back.

You're measuring 10 yards in a straight line distance to the goal, so the 10 yard lines would actually need to be arcs.

[Poiponen13]

In Canada, local soccer would generally start on the second week of April (in some smaller and more northern leagues, it would be few weeks later, in early to mid-May), run until late June, when every league would take a break until late July, and then play until first week of October (in some smaller and more northern leagues, it would be couple of weeks earlier, in mid to late September). The divisions would have 8, 10, 12, 14 or 16 teams.

[thspfc]

All soccer fields should have yard lines painted on them in the way football fields are painted. It would help the commentators in referring to locations on the field and it would help with judging offside calls.

From a player's perspective the yard lines don't make much difference (and I'm sure many find them annoying), but I've played on a lot of fields with painted football end zones and midfield logos. I actually like them because they help you orient yourself and know exactly where you are without needing to look up.

The other situation where yard lines are helpful is positioning walls on free kicks, though most teams still intentionally delay things anyway by standing too close since there's no consequence for it unless it's egregious.

[Bruce]

In Canada, local soccer would generally start on the second week of April (in some smaller and more northern leagues, it would be few weeks later, in early to mid-May), run until late June, when every league would take a break until late July, and then play until first week of October (in some smaller and more northern leagues, it would be couple of weeks earlier, in mid to late September). The divisions would have 8, 10, 12, 14 or 16 teams.

The break needs a purpose, otherwise it's useless. Summer is usually the best moneymaker for soccer in the US and the same probably holds true for Canada. MLS has a break for Leagues Cup, but what would CPL have?

[Poiponen13]

In Canada, local soccer would generally start on the second week of April (in some smaller and more northern leagues, it would be few weeks later, in early to mid-May), run until late June, when every league would take a break until late July, and then play until first week of October (in some smaller and more northern leagues, it would be couple of weeks earlier, in mid to late September). The divisions would have 8, 10, 12, 14 or 16 teams.

The break needs a purpose, otherwise it's useless. Summer is usually the best moneymaker for soccer in the US and the same probably holds true for Canada. MLS has a break for Leagues Cup, but what would CPL have?

In Sweden and Norway, most leagues take a break from late June to early August every year. Other countries playing in summer (like Japan, South Korea, Finland, Belarus, Latvia and Estonia) do not generally take such a break, but some leagues there take. And leagues in Japan, South Korea, Sweden and other countries playing in calendar year (which may actually be winter in Southern Hem.), take a break for World Cup, and Sweden (and Norway sometimes too) also for European Championship and South American leagues for Copa America. for example, in 2018 World Cup, the breaks were as follows:
Japan May 19-July 18
S. Korea May 19-July 7
China May 19-July 18
Sweden May 26-July 7
Brazil June 13-July 18
Peru June 9-July 21
Uruguay June 9-July 21


The MLS and CPL should take total "moratorium" for international breaks and take a break for World Cup and Gold Cup.

[kphoger]

The break needs a purpose, otherwise it's useless.

Other countries do blah blah blah blah blah.  And no, I'm not going to give an actual purpose to the break.  That is to say, I'm not going to actually answer the post I'm quoting.

FTFY

[Poiponen13]

The break needs a purpose, otherwise it's useless.

Other countries do blah blah blah blah blah.  And no, I'm not going to give an actual purpose to the break.  That is to say, I'm not going to actually answer the post I'm quoting.

FTFY

The purpose probably is:


The players in these leagues are semi-professional or amateur. They need a summer vacation as they have other primary jobs.

[hotdogPi]

If you get paid an average wage (enough to comfortably live on but not what you hear about on the sports networks with millions-of-dollars deals) as a low-level sports player and an average wage as something else, it shouldn't matter when the break is. Since the offseason already exists, why not use that?

[Poiponen13]

If you get paid an average wage (enough to comfortably live on but not what you hear about on the sports networks with millions-of-dollars deals) as a low-level sports player and an average wage as something else, it shouldn't matter when the break is. Since the offseason already exists, why not use that?

The leagues in Sweden and Norway, what I have used as model for the my fantasy lower Canadian leagues, just don't play in midsummer. Youth soccer leagues in every country playing in summer always take break for July.

[Bruce]

In Canada, local soccer would generally start on the second week of April (in some smaller and more northern leagues, it would be few weeks later, in early to mid-May), run until late June, when every league would take a break until late July, and then play until first week of October (in some smaller and more northern leagues, it would be couple of weeks earlier, in mid to late September). The divisions would have 8, 10, 12, 14 or 16 teams.

The break needs a purpose, otherwise it's useless. Summer is usually the best moneymaker for soccer in the US and the same probably holds true for Canada. MLS has a break for Leagues Cup, but what would CPL have?

The MLS and CPL should take total "moratorium" for international breaks and take a break for World Cup and Gold Cup.

MLS already has international breaks as mandated by FIFA. We don't need a full summer break with no action because that's when the league is at its most well-attended with little competition (really only baseball) and better weather for many markets. In a country where soccer is not the number one sport, scheduling strategically is really important.