SirFozzie
04-27-2004, 11:32 AM
I know, we don't need a reminder, but hell, he makes it so easy... :rolleyes:
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has proposed scrapping draws in soccer, saying every game should have a winner.
In an idea which would revolutionise the world's most popular sport if adopted, Blatter suggested that games could be decided by a penalty shoot-out in the case of a draw.
'Every game should have a winner,' Blatter, president of soccer's ruling body, told German sports news agency SID.
'When you play cards or any other game, there's always a winner and a loser. We should have the courage to introduce a final decision in every game of football.'
Blatter said the best way would be penalties but added he would study any other proposal.
'Penalties remain the best way to decide a game in the case of a draw but if anybody has a better idea, I am ready to listen to it,' he said.
'A game is about emotions. There is passion. It can be dramatic. At the end of it it's almost always a tragedy.
'We can't be satisfied with draws. (Modern Olympic Games founder) Pierre de Coubertin has said that the important thing was to take part, not to win.
'That's not true. In life you have a goal and in sport, too, you have a goal which you want to achieve.'
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has proposed scrapping draws in soccer, saying every game should have a winner.
In an idea which would revolutionise the world's most popular sport if adopted, Blatter suggested that games could be decided by a penalty shoot-out in the case of a draw.
'Every game should have a winner,' Blatter, president of soccer's ruling body, told German sports news agency SID.
'When you play cards or any other game, there's always a winner and a loser. We should have the courage to introduce a final decision in every game of football.'
Blatter said the best way would be penalties but added he would study any other proposal.
'Penalties remain the best way to decide a game in the case of a draw but if anybody has a better idea, I am ready to listen to it,' he said.
'A game is about emotions. There is passion. It can be dramatic. At the end of it it's almost always a tragedy.
'We can't be satisfied with draws. (Modern Olympic Games founder) Pierre de Coubertin has said that the important thing was to take part, not to win.
'That's not true. In life you have a goal and in sport, too, you have a goal which you want to achieve.'