League considers scrapping draws
Football League chairmen meet on Thursday
The Football League board is to consider a proposal to scrap draws and decide matches by penalty shoot-outs, BBC Five Live understands.
The idea will be discussed by Football League chairmen and chief executives at a board meeting on Thursday.
No timescale has been given for implementing the change if the chairmen go ahead with the proposal.
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger said: "I saw this in my first year managing in Japan - it did not have spectacular results."
He added: "In extra-time they played a sudden death goal and if no-one scored they had penalties.
"The draw is part of the culture of the game and I would not like that to disappear."
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The idea was originally put forward in the recent Football League Fans Survey. There are currently two proposals to be considered - a traditional penalty shoot-out or where a player would have eight seconds to try and score after receiving the ball on the half-way line.
Bournemouth boss Kevin Bond told the Daily Echo newspaper said: "Why can't we just have a draw?"
"I don't agree with it because I think it's too much of a radical change.
"I'm very open-minded and I think certain laws of the game need to move with the times but that would be too much of a drastic measure."
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Ilmeisesti tasapelikammo alkaa hiipimään myös futiksen puolelle, eikä Sepp Blatter ole edes tämän idean takana.
Ehdoton
idealle. Tasapeli, niin tylsä kuin voi joskus ollakin, on myös oleellinen osa futista. Matsien keinotekoinen ratkaiseminen pilkkukisoilla ei tuo matseihin kummempaa lisäjännitystä ja tuo epäoleellisen arpomisen mukaan sarjataulukkoon.
Epätodennäköistähän tuon toteutuminen on, mutta jos seurat haluavat kiinnostuksen ja katsojamäärien nousevan, voisivat varmaan aloittaa tarkastelemalla omia lippuhintojaan.
