If I were FIFA President...
After years of mismanagement at Football's top level we have a new man at the helm. Things don't seem to have changed though, the wholesale changes expected have not happened, although we are seeing the introduction of technology in football. 
If I were the FIFA President though, this is what I would do:
Enforced Release Clauses.
The first thing I would do would be to give football some more credibility. FIFA would set the value of every player, based on his form, worth to his current club and potential ability. In the same vein as fantasy football values, the price fluctuates throughout a season. A maximum value can be set worldwide of £30 million pounds. In this system Lionel Messi would be worth £30 million and if an offer came in for him at that amount it must be accepted. Then the only way he can made to stay at Barcelona is if they offer him an improved deal that he is happy with. If, come January, he's been playing out of his skin, then his value could fluctuate up to £35 million.
In short, the value of a player is set by FIFA and if an offer of that amount comes in then the offer must be accepted. So, what is to stop the top teams from pooling the worlds best and pinching players at low fees? Well, all transfers must be approved by FIFA and there should be a maximum of five transfers of players over the age of 23 per season. This will bring the amount of money spent down each summer.
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| Lionel Messi, the world's best player, would cost £30m under the rules I propose. |
Technology
In recent years technology has been trialled in football, but it's not quite good enough yet. We should take a leaf out of Rugby's book. When games of rugby go to the video referee everyone in the stadium can see on the big screen what is being looked at. The process should also be quicker. Rather than the referee asking the VAR if anything was wrong, it should be the other way around. The VAR needs to tell the referee if anything is wrong. This can speed the process up immensely.
Also, in the same vein as rugby, the referee's would have microphones on them that can be heard by those watching on the telly and those who have an earpiece you can buy from the games, as in rugby. This clears up any confusion as to what is actually happening on the pitch.
Youth Development
The final big change I would make, is to enforce clubs to have at least three homegrown players in their match-day squad and one of them must start the game. This will encourage clubs to develop players quicker rather than sending them away on loan year after year such as clubs like Chelsea, Arsenal, and both Manchester clubs. This in turn, from a purely selfish point of view, could reward clubs such as my team, Forest, for their commitment to the youth programmes.
That's all for this week sports fans, I've been awfully busy what with the weather conditions and work.
We go again next week.
Craig
In recent years technology has been trialled in football, but it's not quite good enough yet. We should take a leaf out of Rugby's book. When games of rugby go to the video referee everyone in the stadium can see on the big screen what is being looked at. The process should also be quicker. Rather than the referee asking the VAR if anything was wrong, it should be the other way around. The VAR needs to tell the referee if anything is wrong. This can speed the process up immensely.
Also, in the same vein as rugby, the referee's would have microphones on them that can be heard by those watching on the telly and those who have an earpiece you can buy from the games, as in rugby. This clears up any confusion as to what is actually happening on the pitch.
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| Rugby's Video referee will tell the referee when he makes a mistake. |
The final big change I would make, is to enforce clubs to have at least three homegrown players in their match-day squad and one of them must start the game. This will encourage clubs to develop players quicker rather than sending them away on loan year after year such as clubs like Chelsea, Arsenal, and both Manchester clubs. This in turn, from a purely selfish point of view, could reward clubs such as my team, Forest, for their commitment to the youth programmes.
That's all for this week sports fans, I've been awfully busy what with the weather conditions and work.
We go again next week.
Craig
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