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Originally Posted by Roewned
Isn't hitting illegal in soccer?
That's my point on the playing surface. It's shorter, skating is fast and the action is endless. Maybe soccer should shorten the field and liven it up a bit and cut down on the mid-field boredom.
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Hitting's illegal in soccer?
It's MUCH more of a contact sport than basketball.
Why did you choose to ignore my post about flopping leading to a penalty in soccer but not in basketball? Or about DWade crying and going out in a wheelchair for the EXACT SAME INJURY as the one Beckenbauer suffered but kept playing in that game? Or about A SLAP ON THE WRIST being a foul in basketball?
If you mean punching someone... then yes, hitting is illegal in soccer. But ANY shoulder-to-shoulder contacts are legal, and a lot of hip checks, bumps, pushes, shoves, and kicks are allowed by refs.
Some of the fouls that are common ones in soccer are flagrant fouls in basketball (example: pushing someone from the back while he's trying to finish).
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As far as shortening the field and making the game faster... it's called indoor soccer. It's not uncommon for an indoor soccer team to score 6 or 7 goals in a match. Hell, I once took part in a match of indoor soccer that ended with a score of 32 to 27 (the worst defense I've ever seen played, ever).
The substitutions are similar to hockey's, you have shootouts, etc... basically a mix between soccer and hockey. But most soccer fans (even those that play indoor soccer professionally) will tell you that the REAL game of soccer is better, more exciting, and, most of all, MORE PHYSICALLY DEMANDING.