Five more equally stupid rules Platini might want to introduce alongside summer football

By Terry Butcher

Published 07:01 23/01/11

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If Michel Platini, the UEFA President, wants a universal football season timetable from March to October in 2015, then summer football he shall have.

Never mind tradition – let’s get rid of centuries of ­memories because Qatar bought the World Cup in 2022 and everything must be altered to suit the greatest circus on earth.

Platini might also be ­considering:

1) A new rule to be ­introduced which punishes a player from entering the magnetic field of an ­opponent;

2) No French player being penalised for handling the ball;

3) France becoming the venue for every World Cup after 2022;

4) The World Cup being renamed the Sepp Blatter World Champions Cup;

5) French becoming the ­official language of the World Cup.

The problem is that FIFA’s executive committee ­members are too blind to see that public opinion would be dead against the proposed summer leagues.

But, then again, what other business fails to consult its core customers when ­drastically changing the structure of its product?

It sounds like Michel has been advising the SPL in Scotland in his spare time, too!

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