Why doesn't the clock ever stop in soccer?

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#51 MAILER_DAEMON
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You're used to things being one way, this is simply done another way. Not better, not worse, just different... but as cmpepper23 said, there are no commercials once a half starts. The real reason some sports here in the US take so flippin' long is because of Mr. Red Hat that makes everyone restless. I can't help but wonder what would happen if he got tranq'd before he could go out on the field. :lol:
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[QUOTE="kbpyrokb"]its the rules of the game.BMD004
I'm asking for the logic behind it.

just to keep the play moving at all times, and the reason the referee adds 3 minutes on and then stops at say 3:35 is because of stoppages in play like injuries within the added on time. it's just compensating for it.

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#53 PcGamingRig
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its the same reason they're not adding goal line technology aswell because they don't want to have to stop and go for a review.

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#54 tenaka2
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Doesn't stop in Rugby either, I found Amercan sport to be very stop start and very commercialised.

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#55 PcGamingRig
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and it also allows suspense right until the last second of a game, in the NFL once a team has ran out of time outs it is pretty much over if the other team gets the ball. and then they kneel and stand around for 2 minutes waiting for the match to end, talk about anti climax.

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I'm asking for the logic behind it.BMD004
What is logical about stopping the clock? :?
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#57 BMD004
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[QUOTE="BMD004"]I'm asking for the logic behind it.foxhound_fox
What is logical about stopping the clock? :?

Because in soccer they essentially do stop the clock without telling anybody. Adding extra time onto the end of the game is the same thing as stopping the clock.. except nobody knows exactly when the ref is going to blow the whistle and say game over.

Imagine for a second this is how basketball was played. Errrrrrrrrrrrrrr. The buzzer just sounded to "end" the game after the 4th quarter. But the ref says keep playing, I added time on. So they keep playing for a few minutes. The score is 95 to 94, then the ref blows the whistle and says Game over! Everybody would be like WTF??

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#58 BMD004
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The logic behind it is that fans watching on television don't want to see commercials every 5 minutes.

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That doesn't make sense. There wouldn't be commercials if they stopped the clock. I'm talking about stopping the clock for things that the refs add extra time for anyway.

For example... instead of the ref adding extra time for fouls and injuries, why not just stop the clock while that BS is going on so that he doesn't have to tack it on at the end? That way everybody in the world knows that the game is over at 90:00.

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I love your threads BMD. This is one and the 'internet makes you smarter' one have been pure gold. ...don't ever change
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[QUOTE="rawsavon"]I love your threads BMD. This is one and the 'internet makes you smarter' one have been pure gold. ...don't ever change

I do it all for you big guy.
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#61 tenaka2
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The very end of a soccer game can be very exciting, as no one but the ref knows how much time is left.

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[QUOTE="rawsavon"]I love your threads BMD. This is one and the 'internet makes you smarter' one have been pure gold. ...don't ever changeBMD004
I do it all for you big guy.

No other group of threads provide the illustrative examples that yours do. I don't think that I could achieve what they have even if tried.
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[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"][QUOTE="BMD004"]I'm asking for the logic behind it.BMD004

What is logical about stopping the clock? :?

Because in soccer they essentially do stop the clock without telling anybody. Adding extra time onto the end of the game is the same thing as stopping the clock.. except nobody knows exactly when the ref is going to blow the whistle and say game over.

Imagine for a second this is how basketball was played. Errrrrrrrrrrrrrr. The buzzer just sounded to "end" the game after the 4th quarter. But the ref says keep playing, I added time on. So they keep playing for a few minutes. The score is 95 to 94, then the ref blows the whistle and says Game over! Everybody would be like WTF??

Well, you see, if there is something like a corner going on in footba-soccer, then the ref won't suddenly stop the game. They announce how much time will be added near the end of the game, so if it is 94 minutes on the clock and there was suppose to be 4 added minutes, the ref will stop the game unless there is some big dangerous play, a foul shot, or a corner or something like that.

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[QUOTE="BMD004"]

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"] What is logical about stopping the clock? :?arad96

Because in soccer they essentially do stop the clock without telling anybody. Adding extra time onto the end of the game is the same thing as stopping the clock.. except nobody knows exactly when the ref is going to blow the whistle and say game over.

Imagine for a second this is how basketball was played. Errrrrrrrrrrrrrr. The buzzer just sounded to "end" the game after the 4th quarter. But the ref says keep playing, I added time on. So they keep playing for a few minutes. The score is 95 to 94, then the ref blows the whistle and says Game over! Everybody would be like WTF??

Well, you see, if there is something like a corner going on in footba-soccer, then the ref won't suddenly stop the game. They announce how much time will be added near the end of the game, so if it is 94 minutes on the clock and there was suppose to be 4 added minutes, the ref will stop the game unless there is some big dangerous play, a foul shot, or a corner or something like that.

Why couldn't it be like American football in that respect? In American football, the player just has to hike the ball to start the play by the time the clock reads :00. They can play on until they are tackled or score to end the game.

So for example, if a corner kick would happen right before the 90:00 mark, then they can have their corner even with no time left.

Or even in basketball, the ball just has to leave your hands with :00 on the clock... the ball can go in the basket and count as a score with :00 on the clock.

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Because that is how it is. The game never stops. It isn't American football where the offense launches a coordinated strategic strike against the coordinated defenses of the opposition.

This is futbol, where nothing is planned out in advance and all offenses are hastily put together and improvised.

Some call it madness.

[spoiler] I just call i-...GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL [/spoiler]

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[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"][QUOTE="BMD004"]I'm asking for the logic behind it.BMD004

What is logical about stopping the clock? :?

Because in soccer they essentially do stop the clock without telling anybody. Adding extra time onto the end of the game is the same thing as stopping the clock.. except nobody knows exactly when the ref is going to blow the whistle and say game over.

Imagine for a second this is how basketball was played. Errrrrrrrrrrrrrr. The buzzer just sounded to "end" the game after the 4th quarter. But the ref says keep playing, I added time on. So they keep playing for a few minutes. The score is 95 to 94, then the ref blows the whistle and says Game over! Everybody would be like WTF??

erm everyone knows how much time is added on, a big sign is held up.

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#68 azizalbaker
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IMO I think it's because soccer is considered to be a non-stop, flowing and continuous game.

But the technical reason behind this is basically because FIFA, the international governing body of soccer, says so. It's one of the laws of the game, so stoppage time is determined by the main ref and is factored by: injuries, substitution, or any other cause that would interrupt a match or kill time. It would be logical to simply just stop the clock but that's just the way it is in this sport, these laws are very old .

I remember in the American MLS, they tried a system where the clock counted down from 90 minutes and was stopped for injuries, penalties etc. For some reason this system was very unpopular and MLS went back to the standard way.

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It keeps the game moving. Unlike in American football where everyone is allowed to piss around for 5 minutes for every 10 seconds of play.SolidSnake35

I actually think that the TV time outs should be removed from football and basketball here in US sports (at least at the pro level). Also, baseball could move a bit quicker if TV didn't keep team swaps during the inning from taking so long. It doesn't take 5 minutes for teams to leave or get back on the field. That is the one thing about racing, once the green flag drops, nothing stops the race save for rain or a bad wreck where track infrastructure needs repair or the track becomes completely blocked.

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[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"][QUOTE="BMD004"]I'm asking for the logic behind it.BMD004

What is logical about stopping the clock? :?

Because in soccer they essentially do stop the clock without telling anybody. Adding extra time onto the end of the game is the same thing as stopping the clock.. except nobody knows exactly when the ref is going to blow the whistle and say game over.

Imagine for a second this is how basketball was played. Errrrrrrrrrrrrrr. The buzzer just sounded to "end" the game after the 4th quarter. But the ref says keep playing, I added time on. So they keep playing for a few minutes. The score is 95 to 94, then the ref blows the whistle and says Game over! Everybody would be like WTF??

Erm we do know when it stops, round about the 88th - 90th minute, they show a board with how many extra minutes have to be played. It's not like know one knows, it's even displayed next to the onscreen timer. Edit: Oops, someone explained it further up, my bad.
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because they know their sport is boring and they want it to be over with as fast as possible.

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[QUOTE="SolidSnake35"]It keeps the game moving. Unlike in American football where everyone is allowed to piss around for 5 minutes for every 10 seconds of play.WhiteKnight77

I actually think that the TV time outs should be removed from football and basketball here in US sports (at least at the pro level). Also, baseball could move a bit quicker if TV didn't keep team swaps during the inning from taking so long. It doesn't take 5 minutes for teams to leave or get back on the field. That is the one thing about racing, once the green flag drops, nothing stops the race save for rain or a bad wreck where track infrastructure needs repair or the track becomes completely blocked.

the pitcher needs a few minutes to warm up his arm. if he just goes out there and starts throwing 90+mph without properly warming up, he could seriously f*** up his arm/shoulder.

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#73 arad96
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because they know their sport is boring and they want it to be over with as fast as possible.

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Who is "they"?

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#74 needled24-7
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[QUOTE="needled24-7"]

because they know their sport is boring and they want it to be over with as fast as possible.

arad96

Who is "they"?

whoever decided that the clock doesn't stop

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[QUOTE="needled24-7"]

because they know their sport is boring and they want it to be over with as fast as possible.

arad96

Who is "they"?

Apparently the whole world.
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#76 arad96
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[QUOTE="arad96"]

[QUOTE="needled24-7"]

because they know their sport is boring and they want it to be over with as fast as possible.

needled24-7

Who is "they"?

whoever decided that the clock doesn't stop

Oh, then I guess that would be FIFA.

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#77 tenaka2
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because they know their sport is boring and they want it to be over with as fast as possible.

needled24-7

Really? Here is a snapshot of american football

mill

Here is a snapshot of soccer

soccer

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#78 pspdseagle
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[QUOTE="needled24-7"]

because they know their sport is boring and they want it to be over with as fast as possible.

arad96

Who is "they"?

Probably some hater, sad his favorite sport is not the #1 in the world.

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[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

I actually think that the TV time outs should be removed from football and basketball here in US sports (at least at the pro level). Also, baseball could move a bit quicker if TV didn't keep team swaps during the inning from taking so long. It doesn't take 5 minutes for teams to leave or get back on the field. That is the one thing about racing, once the green flag drops, nothing stops the race save for rain or a bad wreck where track infrastructure needs repair or the track becomes completely blocked.

needled24-7

the pitcher needs a few minutes to warm up his arm. if he just goes out there and starts throwing 90+mph without properly warming up, he could seriously f*** up his arm/shoulder.

Maybe at the beginning of the game and after a pitcher is taken out of the game and a reliever brought in, but after pitching the previous inning, he is already warmed up.

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As an avid football fan and supporter myself, I have to say that I agree. You do not know just HOW many times at the end of the match there are disputes between players, managers and especially fans that there was either too much time added on, or not enough, or that the referee played more time than he added on, or didn't play all the time that he added on. Obviously almost always the complaints will come from the team who didn't get the favourable result, but many times they have a point and therefore a right to be annoyed.

I personally believe that time should only pass when the ball is in play. When the ball goes out for a throw-in, a goal-kick, or the referee stops play for whatever reason, the time should also stop right there with it. The time should resume from the exact moment that play resumes. When the full 45 minutes has elapsed, a loud buzzer in the stadium goes off to indicate the end of the half. Nothing that occurs once this buzzer has blown is counted any longer. This would make sure that a full set of 90 minutes of football has been played at least and at most and would eliminate all this stoppage time controversies.

Now to argue in favour of it, I can see why this might bring down the excitement of the game. Nobody knows when the match is going to end which raises the suspense and makes the adrenaline rush through everyone involved when a game nears its closing stages and the score is level or close at least. One goal can change everything and the idea of not knowing for sure when it will end drives both sets of teams and their fans crazy, in both attacking and defending. It makes the whole thing a lot more unpredictable and entertaining. The nail-biting and trembling can be a surreal experience which is there primarily due to not knowing when it will all be over.

However I also believe that another one of the more obscure reasons as to why it is not like I described is due to the hierarchy in football (the football governing bodies in each nation, continent and the whole world) not wanting this for more corrupt reasons. This reason being sadly due to the fact that it would mean they have a lower control and influence over matches and would greatly hamper match fixing. Having a human make each and every decision in the game makes sure that they can keep the game under their full control.

I live in England and here we have the Premier League which is the highest professional football league, consisting of the 20 best teams in the country. You will almost certainly have heard of Manchester United, who recently became the most successful English club in history, overtaking Liverpool. Here a lot of people believe that there is a conspiracy and that the officials favour Manchester United. One of the ways in which people believe they favour them is by adding on too much stoppage time when they are losing or not winning (when they should be by their standards) and not adding on enough stoppage time when they are winning. Many times you see Man Utd's manger, Sir Alex Ferguson, pointing to his watch whilst looking at the referee almost telling him how much time should be added on. This has led to some opposition fans to believe that he tells that referee how much time should be added on. It has led to this photoshopped image being created (usually it is the fourth official who holds up a board at the end of a half with a number on it, indicating how many minutes of stoppage time shall be played):

In this following match in September 2009 in hte premier League, there was a lot of controversy. In the derby between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford, the latter were losing 3-2 and then equalised in the 90th minute. Four minutes of stoppage time were added. United then grabbed a very, very late winner, in the 96th minute of stoppage time. City fans and fans of United's rivals were enraged at how play had been allowed to go on for so long and allowed United to get the winner. Some were convinced the referee had done it deliberately in order to give United another chance to score and they took it. Here is a link to the highlights of that match:

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=102116496471477

In the end, this is still far from being a major topic of discussion in football. It's hardly even discussed that something needs to change in this aspect. Currently teams and fans are like are much more interested at the moment in pushing for goal-line technology and video replays, rather than altering how stoppage time works and I would agree that that is a bigger problem due to the high amount of incorrect decisions that referees seem to be making these days.

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#81 BMD004
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[QUOTE="needled24-7"]

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

I actually think that the TV time outs should be removed from football and basketball here in US sports (at least at the pro level). Also, baseball could move a bit quicker if TV didn't keep team swaps during the inning from taking so long. It doesn't take 5 minutes for teams to leave or get back on the field. That is the one thing about racing, once the green flag drops, nothing stops the race save for rain or a bad wreck where track infrastructure needs repair or the track becomes completely blocked.

WhiteKnight77

the pitcher needs a few minutes to warm up his arm. if he just goes out there and starts throwing 90+mph without properly warming up, he could seriously f*** up his arm/shoulder.

Maybe at the beginning of the game and after a pitcher is taken out of the game and a reliever brought in, but after pitching the previous inning, he is already warmed up.

No he isn't. I used to pitch, and my brother currently pitches at a university, and my cousin pitches in the major leagues... you need some warm-up between innings.

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Because that is how it is. The game never stops. It isn't American football where the offense launches a coordinated strategic strike against the coordinated defenses of the opposition.

This is futbol, where nothing is planned out in advance and all offenses are hastily put together and improvised.

Some call it madness.

-Sun_Tzu-

Even between plays in American football the clock still runs. In soccer, nothing would change. The only thing that would change is that the referee can't end the game whenever he feels like it... the timer ends the game when the minutes reach 90:00. If they'd simply stop the clock during injuries and whatever else causes them to add time on at the end, then there would be no need for "stoppage time".

Plus, the adrenaline and all that would still be there. You would see the clock and the seconds winding down, and you would know they need to score and they need to score NOW. The anticipation of if they can do it before time runs out is exciting just like not knowing exactly when the game will end.

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Because everyone just wants the damn game to be over ASAP
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Because the game doesn't stop when the ball's not rolling. Players are re-assigning their positions and discussing what to do next. The time the judge adds to the end of the game is the time spent due to fouls or in-field discussions, not the time the balls spend out of the field. It's the rule-set of the game.
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That baffles me. The clock never stops, so 90 minutes isn't really the end of the game... the refs just add "extra time" to the end and then just stop the game randomly at like 93:37.

It makes no sense to me. Can somebody explain to me how it makes sense and why it is better than simply stopping the clock during certain points in the game and having the game end at 90:00?

BMD004
same reason they dont incorporate instant replay on close goals...because they're dumb
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Just to add another point as to why I think something needs to be done with stoppage time.

With everything that goes on in a football match, it can be very hard for a referee to keep count of when he should and shouldn't be adding time on. Sometimes in the midst of everything he can even forget to press his stopwatch, or whatever he uses to calculate how much stoppage time should be added on. Furthermore stoppage time isn't added on for all the time the ball goes out of play. It is pretty much never added on when there is a goal-kick, a throw-in, a defensive free-kick or a corner, unless the referee believes that the other team is deliberately taking a long time to take it in order to waste time which usually ends up with the person who is time wasting receiving a yellow card. Stoppage time is added when play is paused due to an injury (hence why it is sometimes referred to as injury time); when a substitution is being made; in preparation of an offensive free-kick, penalty or corner; after a goal has been scored; or as I already stated, when the other team is deliberately time wasting. I do not see why for the former list time is not added on. The ball is not in play and the match is not being played, so why isn't the referee adding on that time? It makes very little sense as although the stoppage in play is short, all those stop-starts happens quite a few times throughout the game, so they eventually do build up. They should be added on too. If they were though it would just give more work for the official to do and another unnecessary thing to concentrate on which could lead to him missing something else in play which is important. Another reason as to why my suggested method of how time should run, is better.

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#87 mems_1224
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[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

[QUOTE="needled24-7"]the pitcher needs a few minutes to warm up his arm. if he just goes out there and starts throwing 90+mph without properly warming up, he could seriously f*** up his arm/shoulder.

BMD004

Maybe at the beginning of the game and after a pitcher is taken out of the game and a reliever brought in, but after pitching the previous inning, he is already warmed up.

No he isn't. I used to pitch, and my brother currently pitches at a university, and my cousin pitches in the major leagues... you need some warm-up between innings.

yup, especially if you've been sitting on the bench for a while during a long inning. plus when you're actually at the game the time in between innings doesn't feel as long. at least to me it doesn't. i never get tired of just watching players zip the ball back and forth just playing catch and warming up. what baseball should do though it shorten the time in between pitches. all these batters checking their gloves and long ass ritual nonsense needs to be taken out a little.
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#88 iHarlequin
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That baffles me. The clock never stops, so 90 minutes isn't really the end of the game... the refs just add "extra time" to the end and then just stop the game randomly at like 93:37.

It makes no sense to me. Can somebody explain to me how it makes sense and why it is better than simply stopping the clock during certain points in the game and having the game end at 90:00?

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same reason they dont incorporate instant replay on close goals...because they're dumb

Calling them dumb is as easy as calling you ignorant for your statement, and equally incorrect. There isn't an auto-pause mechanism on the timer because the referee needs to decide which situations call for a time-stop and which don't: a foul that takes no more than ten seconds to be solved doesn't call for a pause, a foul where the player needs to wait for medical support to take him off the field does. The same happens when a player kicks a ball off-field and the enemy team takes determined time to put it back in. I'm not a fan of Blatter, but I agree with what he said: the judge element in the game adds to its polemics and the overall entertainment from the matches.
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#89 mems_1224
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[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="BMD004"]

That baffles me. The clock never stops, so 90 minutes isn't really the end of the game... the refs just add "extra time" to the end and then just stop the game randomly at like 93:37.

It makes no sense to me. Can somebody explain to me how it makes sense and why it is better than simply stopping the clock during certain points in the game and having the game end at 90:00?

iHarlequin
same reason they dont incorporate instant replay on close goals...because they're dumb

Calling them dumb is as easy as calling you ignorant for your statement, and equally incorrect. There isn't an auto-pause mechanism on the timer because the referee needs to decide which situations call for a time-stop and which don't: a foul that takes no more than ten seconds to be solved doesn't call for a pause, a foul where the player needs to wait for medical support to take him off the field does. The same happens when a player kicks a ball off-field and the enemy team takes determined time to put it back in. I'm not a fan of Blatter, but I agree with what he said: the judge element in the game adds to its polemics and the overall entertainment from the matches.

then why not just stop the timer when there is a long pause? :|
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#90 iHarlequin
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[QUOTE="mems_1224"][QUOTE="iHarlequin"][QUOTE="mems_1224"] same reason they dont incorporate instant replay on close goals...because they're dumb

Calling them dumb is as easy as calling you ignorant for your statement, and equally incorrect. There isn't an auto-pause mechanism on the timer because the referee needs to decide which situations call for a time-stop and which don't: a foul that takes no more than ten seconds to be solved doesn't call for a pause, a foul where the player needs to wait for medical support to take him off the field does. The same happens when a player kicks a ball off-field and the enemy team takes determined time to put it back in. I'm not a fan of Blatter, but I agree with what he said: the judge element in the game adds to its polemics and the overall entertainment from the matches.

then why not just stop the timer when there is a long pause? :|

I'm not gonna answer you. I wrote a paragraph and a half, with more than few points explaining what I think, and you took one of them and replied with half a sentence.
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#91 WhiteKnight77
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[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

[QUOTE="needled24-7"]

the pitcher needs a few minutes to warm up his arm. if he just goes out there and starts throwing 90+mph without properly warming up, he could seriously f*** up his arm/shoulder.

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Maybe at the beginning of the game and after a pitcher is taken out of the game and a reliever brought in, but after pitching the previous inning, he is already warmed up.

No he isn't. I used to pitch, and my brother currently pitches at a university, and my cousin pitches in the major leagues... you need some warm-up between innings.

I am not gonna argue about it with you. Based on what I have seen, it is not that required. Why does a reliever who has already been warming up for 20-30 minutes in the bullpen need another 5 minutes after he is called to the mound? All I see is a waste of time.

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#92 sailor232
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I hate how in Rugby the 80 minutes is up, the next person to either score or put the ball out of play ends the game. If a team is only winning by a few points, the opposing team only needs to keep the ball in play, get a penalty, kick for goal, win. It seems unfair that after the allocated 80minutes the game can then continue for as long as it wants while the winning team desperatly struggles to win the ball over to kick it out.

On topic, hearing the refs wistle blow every time the balls gone out is very annoying. Think Netball.

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#93 -Sun_Tzu-
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Even between plays in American football the clock still runs.

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Not necessarily. Clock management is a huge aspect of American football that often dictates an entire teams overall philosophy.

I think strides need to be made to make calculating stoppage time more precise, so it's less prone to human error (and corruption, unfortunately), but implementing a stopping clock would introduce an entirely new dynamic into the game of soccer. You would be changing the way the game is played.

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#94 BMD004
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[QUOTE="BMD004"]

[QUOTE="WhiteKnight77"]

Maybe at the beginning of the game and after a pitcher is taken out of the game and a reliever brought in, but after pitching the previous inning, he is already warmed up.

WhiteKnight77

No he isn't. I used to pitch, and my brother currently pitches at a university, and my cousin pitches in the major leagues... you need some warm-up between innings.

I am not gonna argue about it with you. Based on what I have seen, it is not that required. Why does a reliever who has already been warming up for 20-30 minutes in the bullpen need another 5 minutes after he is called to the mound? All I see is a waste of time.

Because the mounds are different. The catcher is different. And it doesn't take 5 minutes. You get a few pitches. If you have never pitched then you wouldn't know how you have to throw a few pitches to get your footing on a new mound.