| Slarvax said: That rule is really dumb. If you touch the ball with your hand, penalty or fault or whatever. No intention? Learn to keep your arms/hands down. It's not hard. In fact, it's harder to raise your hands. |
Actually a lot would have to be changed for that. Take the hand play from Boateng. The reason his arms were up was that he was doing the common gesture to signal to the ref that you didn't touch your opponent. This is only even a thing because influencing the ref is not punished. So many things are not punished, which makes players behave in that way, thinking their faking and gestures work on refs. That's because sometimes they do.
That's why I think the rules should be a lot stricter to teach players some manners and respect.
Yellow card for approaching and talking to the ref after a clear decision.
Yellow card for touching the ball when it's clear that it belongs to the other team.
Yellow card for obstructing play by not moving away from the ball for a free kick.
Yellow card for obvious play on time plus adding another minute to overtime.
Yellow card for pulling a jersey no matter in what situation.
Yellow cards for many other small things that are against the rules but are never punished by the refs.
The rules and refs as they are, are much too lenient and that causes this shitty behavior from players. I don't care about "the heat of the moment", players need to learn some fucking respect. Respect for the ref, the other team and the game.
If you demand respect or gratitude for your volunteer work, you're doing volunteering wrong.
