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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Why do you say that it is my idea? Do you think that I came up with it all on my own? I've already stated that FIFA does it and has done so since well before I got involved with officiating.
That doesn't mean that the concept is without merit or worthy of discussion.
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Yeah, you stated what FIFA does. What you
didn't state was the size of the soccer playing area versus the size of a basketball court, or the number of players either.
- an international soccer field is a minimum of 110
yards by 70 yards. The maximum size is 120 yards by 80 yards. Iow, the field must lie between 69,300 square
feet and 86,600 square feet.
- A high school court is 84
feet by 50 feet and a college court is 94 feet by 50 feet. Iow, the court must lie between 4200 square
feet and 4700 square feet.
- Comparing maximum dimensions, a soccer field is over
EIGHTEEN(18) times bigger than a college basketball court.
- Comparing minimum dimensions a soccer field is over
SIXTEEN(16) bigger than a high school court.
- Soccer uses
one on-field official.
-Basketball uses a minimum of
two officials and an optimum of
three officials.
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One on-field soccer official is asked to keep his eye on a total of
22 players.
- Two or three basketball officials are asked to keep an eye on a total of
10 players.
Sooooo, to properly evaluate your great idea, we would have to put basketball standards at each end of a soccer field, increase the number of players per team from 5 to 11, and have
ONE official try to officiate that game. Of course, you would also give him a person on each sideline to call the out-of-bounds. Under those conditions, I'll kinda agree with you that your poor l'il lonesome official out there better damnwell be in great physical condition, and age restrictions might make sense. It's the same as trying to do a college or pro football game with
one official. Of course, what makes
more sense would be to put
more officials out on the field for better play coverage and thus cut down the physical requirements needed of an official. Obviously, FIFA...and
you.....haven't been able to come up with anything quite so.....logical.....as that.
You're comparing apples to elephants.
Your whacko idea might be worthy of discussion but it sureasheck is bereft of even a shred of merit.