The World Cup has brought the Premier League back into focus, but former Arsenal chief David Dein would like to introduce a new way of keeping time in domestic football.
The term "responsibility" refers to the act of determining whether or not a person is responsible for his or her own actions.
Dein has been championing the plan to try and cut down on time wasting and increase the amount of time that the ball is in play. Collina met with former FA executive Dein in Doha last week to discuss his ideas, which include keeping time out of the hands of referees.
Dein would prefer an independent timekeeper, with the clock stopping each time the ball is out of play, or there is a foul or stoppage.
The term "responsibility" refers to the act of determining whether or not a person is responsible for his or her own actions.
Even the World Cup final had eight and seven minutes of stoppage time, while the Premier League has an unofficial goal of reaching the 61-minute mark with the ball in play during games.Dein's point is about how much time is lost at stoppages considering he says it takes an average of ten seconds to score a goal with a quick counter attack from one end to another. "I'm on a campaign driving the game forward in terms of pure time time-keeping," Dein explained. It takes 10 seconds to score a goal."Dein also believes that the World Cup's one-city format was a "great success" but will never be repeated. Dein said: "Selfishly, I'd say London can do it. We have the practice fields. But we'll never see it again.
"You'll see in the States in 2026 it will be in three different countries and it will be a different experience, this has been a unique experience and all credit to the supreme committee for delivery and legacy.
"Qatar has won a lot of friends because of this World Cup and the way it has been handled. The stadiums, Lusail and Al Thumama, have been spectacular; it will be a shame if they are demolished, but I'm not sure how they will be used. "Architecturally, they're stunning. Everyone arrived on time, the games started on time, the refereeing overall was very good, VAR was mostly fine, and it was a very successful tournament.
"If you ask the fans and the players, they both say they had a good time. And we must ask ourselves, what is football if there are no fans? The fans did not have to travel.
"You take the upcoming World Cup in three countries, or when we were in Brazil, we were in Rio one day, Manaus the next, and Sao Paulo the next, and you're spending five hours traveling. We've only got an hour here."This has been a great World, a unique World Cup, we've never seen it before, we'll never see it again. It's been a privilege to be here."
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