Does anyone else think additional time in World Cup Soccer is silly?
Why not stop the clock during injuries?
I am enjoying the U.S. World Cup soccer team’s nice performance in the group round … afterall, they did win their first World Cup Soccer match in 8 years in dramatic fashion. However, I think it’s counter intuitive the way time is kept for these soccer matches.
Besides the fact that the clock counts forward and not backwards, I don’t really understand the logic of additional time. I understand the basic concept is that the clock runs continually and the referee gets the option of adding time at his discretion based on any “stoppage time” or “injury time” that may have occurred … but wouldn’t it make more sense to just stop the clock during these incidences?
Run the clock during throw ins, corner kicks, goal kicks, etc., but stop it during injuries, fan interference (or when fans throw stuff on the field) and things like that.
This would make the time keeping much less confusing and would take some of the variability out that comes with the referees discretion. Really not much of a money saving post, but an opinion I felt needed to be shared. Go U.S.A.
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