Football League to Americanise

by user Alex Holowczak

The Football League could adopt a NHL style penalty shootout in future seasons in a bid to end a team's content to play for a draw.

It could take the form of a modern football penalty shootout, or the form of an Ice Hockey like style, where players would have 8 seconds to dribble the ball from the half way line to score.

I think this is awful. I hate the idea that the Football League could end the concept of a draw, which has attracted no criticism for 130 years or more - even today - nobody really wants it.

The NHL didn't really want it - it was only really brought in to reinvent itself after the lockout.

This would only occur in the second to fourth tiers of English Football - those contained by the Football League. The Premier League is run by the FA.

I think we should keep our draws - there's nothing wrong with them - it's the old "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" saying. They should spend more time stamping out diving in the game in Europe, rather than working on trivial Football League issues.

Manny StilesMajor Leaguer

1011 days ago

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If they want to "Americanise", they should embrace the letter Z and how we use it to murder/Americanize the Queen's English. (Bloody Yanks) Aren't you the same "Alex" who was spirited about a school athletic event that ended in a draw only to have the winner declared by who could make the bus in time?

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Alex HolowczakHall of Famer

1011 days ago

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No - I moaned that the away team went through if it was a draw. That was a knockout cup. It's fine to then play on and settle it, I don't mind. But when it's a League basis, there isn't a problem with one team going through, since by the nature of a League, nobody needs to be eliminated. So there's no point. We do embrace the letter Z Manny. We just know how to use it better than Yanks.

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