Question: Imagine you had the power to change any rule in soccer—whether to abolish one or introduce a new one—what would it be? By our guess, it could be anything from scrapping VAR to adding a twist that brings some extra spice to the beautiful game. While we’d love to hear passionate takes from devoted fans, we’d like to share one from Sue Bird for now, after the fiancée of Megan Rapinoe was also once given a chance to talk about changing one rule.
Well, before we unveil what it is, let’s understand how it actually came to this. Well, both Rapinoe and Sue Bird were invited for a brief chat in the latest episode of the Attacking Third’s Morning Footy show, co-hosted by Claudia Pagan, Nico Cantor, and Jen Beattie. Interestingly, at the beginning of the segment, the power couple were questioned whether they had any rule change to suggest for either of their respective sport.
Without any major hesitation, Sue Bird began, “I think for soccer, you guys need to get rid of the yellows and the reds and go to a basketball model—three fouls and you’re out. If you foul three times, maybe four, you’re gone no matter the severity. A little ticky-tack, a slide tackle or you take somebody’s ankles out three of those, you’re gone!”
(This is a developing tale, stay tuned…)
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