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MLS lobbying Ifab to explore stopping clock for pauses in play (www.theguardian.com)
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In the rule, soccer’s usual continuous clock would instead stop for injuries, substitutions, and other pauses in play

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[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 1 points 3 weeks ago

If IFAB is going to change the rules based on MLS lobbying, they should adopt some of the actually good innovations from MLS, like the run-up pks and goalie warz:

MLS did away with its countdown clock after the 1999 season along with the 35-yard shootout, which the league had previously used to decide tied games in the regular season. “Our core audience has spoken,” MLS Commissioner Don Garber, then in his first season at the league, told media at the time. “And we have listened.”