# Two Quick Soccer Questions **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 4, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quick-soccer-questions/783730 "2017-04-04T14:39:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quick-soccer-questions/783730/21 "2017-04-06T00:28:52Z")
As a soccer referee, I would consider that extremely poor officiating. The referee has the discretion to add time at the end of the half for time wasting. Thus, there’s no imperative for restarting the game within any particular time limit. If a player fails to follow the valid directive of a referee, the proper way to handle that is to talk to the player. If it continues, you caution the player. If it continues again, you caution him again and send him off (rarely necessary as a method of player management). But I wouldn’t be shocked to hear that something like that happened in the old NASL. I stopped watching the NASL back in the early 80s after a brief spell of wanting to get into the sport as it existed here in America. I quickly divined that American soccer bore little resemblance to the real thing, sadly. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quick-soccer-questions/783730/22 "2017-04-06T12:29:06Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](#): > > This could also have something to do with preventing players from showing off a t-shirt with a slogan(often political) underneath their football tops. This was a controversy a few years back. Yes, it’s dastardly for players to promote anything but their official corporate sponsors on shirts. (some Americans get all angsty about rooting for the Barbasols or Emirates Airlines, hard to figure). ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quick-soccer-questions/783730/23 "2017-04-11T17:53:39Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > I thought the no-tearing-off-your-shirt rule came about because of Brandi Chastian, who tore off her shirt after a big goal in the 1999 Women’s World Cup. Because sexism. > > [https://youtu.be/I3U2K0nXjt0](https://youtu.be/I3U2K0nXjt0) That’s what I was thinking too. Would have been cooler if it was a sexier bra but still pretty fun. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quick-soccer-questions/783730/24 "2017-04-15T13:33:37Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > I thought the no-tearing-off-your-shirt rule came about because of Brandi Chastian, who tore off her shirt after a big goal in the 1999 Women’s World Cup. Because sexism. > > [https://youtu.be/I3U2K0nXjt0](https://youtu.be/I3U2K0nXjt0) Nah. It was finally made Official official in 2003 after pressure from shirt sponsors. Also there had been incidents of people making political statements on shirts worn under the main shirt (Robbie Fowler did this IIRC). > **[BBC SPORT | Football | Fifa to ban removal of shirts](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/3083490.stm)** > > Football chiefs are set to clamp down on players who strip off their shirts to celebrate scoring a goal. > [@](#): > > Some critics might argue Fifa is taking away the joy of scoring a goal, but there are other considerations. > > Football is televised worldwide and Muslim countries find it offensive to see bare chests. > > The rule will also please sponsors who have been unhappy that their names are not always visible as the cameras follow a jersey-less goalscorer. > > There is also the problem of putting the shirt back on again as Manchester United’s Diego Forlan discovered against Southampton last season. > > The Uruguayan was attempting to replace his shirt when play had re-started following his goal he had scored on one occasion last season. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-quick-soccer-questions/783730.md?page=1)