1. Games to start earlier in the day. I love futsal but still being at the court at 10pm on a Saturday night is not fun, particularly when you may have a 1+ hrs drive home.
2. Allow 55 minutes between the junior games. Its wishful thinking that a 40 minute game plus halftime can stay on track during the day with a 45 minute slot. Never seen a day run to time yet.
3. Training run for clubs on roles and responsibilities of bibbed officials. "Here put this orange vest on" doesn't count as training!
4. Men's and Women's to go to stop clock and be played on a Friday night.
5. Referee rating and scoring mechanism to be introduced. Used to determine refs for final series
6. Consistent GPT process. Why do some offences end up at a GPT and the exact same offence does not?
7. Flying goalkeeper strip rule be enforced. Rule states it has to be a goalkeeper strip. Not an away strip, not a shirt with a hole cut out at the back etc etc.
8. Standard court set up guidelines. i.e. chairs to be x meters from sideline, where people can sit or not sit behind goals etc.
9. Flexible videoing/photo locations for accredited photographers. i.e. the "Technical Area" is NOT 100% of one side of the pitch
10. Preseason briefing to coaches by referees on rule changes and key interpretations i.e. slide tackles, hand balls etc
11. Standard goal sizes!!
12. Minimum run off area at side/goal lines to be determined and enforced. Some courts are just dangerous
13. Premier League to be 8 teams (same as today). State league to be 8 teams. The rest run in development league and apply for entry to State league if they wish. Bottom clubs in State League re just to weak at the moment
14. 5 yellow card suspension rule be changed to: 5 yellow cards WITHIN the one age group. Player still stood down for all grades, but 5 across all games played is a unfair for the player that plays 2 age groups each week.
15. Suspensions from State Champs be served only in State Champs. Suspensions from Premier/State League to be served only in Premier/State League. Seen so much abuse of this and unfair outcomes. i.e. a player gets 6 weeks in premier League can serve it in one weekend at State Champs. A player gets 6 weeks from state champs misses half the Premier League season.
Just a few thoughts.....