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Originally Posted by BWillie
To me the two biggest things that hurt soccer are
1) Too many defenders and players on field. You want as many 1 on 1 opportunities as possible as it adds excitement.
2) Offsides penalties mitigate speed and explosion to try to score goals.
Both of those things mitigate the need for elite athleticism, and also limit goal scoring in the process. But my guess is soccer has not changed for decades.
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The game has been played essentially the same way since the 1860s and the entire world is obsessed with it. It does not need “fixing”.