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Published 15:35 1 Jan 2017 GMT
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'When a player catches the ball cleanly from a Kick-Out without it touching the ground, on or past the 45m line nearest the Kick-Out point, he shall be awarded ‘a Mark’ by the Referee. The player awarded a ‘Mark’ shall have the options of (a) Taking a free kick or (b) Playing on immediately.'
The idea that a free kick can speed the game up is laughable. For a start, it stops the game.
It won't encourage 'keepers to go long - it might actually have the exact opposite effect in some cases. If you're at risk of conceding a free kick from your own kickout, you'll set up more cautiously. You won't want to give away a scoreable free from your own kick nor will you want them to have a dead ball to pick off their six forwards whilst your backs stand like sitting ducks. Two things will happen:
Unfortunately with most rule changes in any sport - even something as unnecessary as a mark - they're met with several urgent plots to counteract them.
Only the very best actually use such rulings to their advantage. Very few try to exploit the perks of them. Most just want to make sure they don't get caught out by them. Most want to learn straight away how they can nullify it.
It'll be the same with the mark and it will be more so. Anyone who thinks it's going to help the game in any way is in la-la land.
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