Voice of Reason, in my opinion, playing time is determined from you how you perform at practice. At practice you can tell which players are serious about improving and the ones that think they have a starting spot and just slack off. In my opinion, no matter how excellent a player is, if he doesn't act like he wants to play at practice, i as a coach (if i was one) would sit him on the bench for a couple of games to make him realize that he has to fight for a spot. Unlimited subs just doesn't encourage players that know they don't have a starting spot to play harder, and i mean the 2 subs per half, unlimited at the half is just a generalized suggestion its not something i want to appoint, its an idea from which we can look at and come up with something that will be beneficial to all players. The mercy rule should only be applicable to the second half, teams can make a come back from 3-5 goals, i know its not hs soccer but just look at AC Milan and Liverpool, reason i say that is because of the caliber of AC Milan and their failure to secure an already won game. I think if the goal differencial is 5 goals with 10-15 minutes left in the game, the refs should be able to decide whether the opposing team has a chance of a comeback, and if they don't just call the game earlier, it saves humiliation of the other teams and it prevents the losing team from creating injuries to players of the winning team for no apparent reason. I think refs are slack for the majority of the time in controlling games and issuing cards yellow or red. They just give warnings and it's pointless. I've seen some teams, i won't mention who, that play american football on the field when they're losing just because they feel they don't have pride to play for, it's really kinda sad lol. But i mean i hope you understand why i started this topic, limiting subs i guarantee you will show changes in scorelines to at least 40% of teams in South Carolina High School Soccer, i know we can't go watch all the games but if we could look at stats of a game like subs made and all that i'm sure we could tell the difference.
