FIFA Considering Getting Rid of Draws in Cup

ESPN  -  FIFA president Sepp Blatter says soccer's governing body will consider eliminating ties in all World Cup games.

Blatter said Saturday on Germany's Focus weekly that the dramatic change would make the tournament more interesting. He says the change could involve going to a shootout after 90 minutes of regulation or adding sudden-death overtime.

Sudden-death overtime was used in the knockout rounds of the 1998 and 2002 World Cups. FIFA then reverted to its previous rule of having teams play a full 30 minutes of overtime if tied at the end of regulation in the knockout rounds.

First-round games always have ended in draws if tied at the end of regulation.

This change will be the point in time that separates the two eras. Almost every modern day sport or tradition has its history, that history where you just look at it and say: what the hell were we thinking? Why the hell didn't NHL goalies wear any protection on their face back in the day? Why would we have ever played professional basketball without a shot clock? Same thing here. It's like everything we've ever seen in the world cup will be the dark age. The idiots who had draws in the opening round so that every team played for a draw every game. And now, if they pull the trigger on the change, we will enter the golden age. The tournament will get more exciting because everything will count so much more. And soccer might finally start making progress from year to year. Think about it. What if this past world cup had no draws?  Think about how much more exciting everything would be. The opener against England would have gone to extra time and maybe even PKs. Or would it have? Because the teams would actually pour it on. Take the Algeria game. That game was so exciting in the final minutes with that Landon Donovan goal. Why? Because the USA couldn't afford a draw, so they poured it on. That would happen every damn game if there were no draws, because teams don't want their fate decided by PKs. It just makes more sense. There are no draws in the playoffs of any major sport in the world. I consider the world cup to basically be the playoffs of those teams' hard work for the past 4 years. It's the biggest event in the world, arguably. What if we ended Super Bowls in ties? I know it's not comparable, but it's the concept. Ties are stupid, especially when you only play 3 games in the opening round. And double especially since an extra 40 minutes guarantees the tie to be broken. Pull the trigger, FIFA! Do it!