BARCELONA legend Gerard Pique has proposed a new rule change that he believes would make football more exciting.
The 38-year-old previously suggested that the game needs a revamp in order to keep audiences entertained and engaged.
And one thing he believes should be cut out completely is goal-less draws.
Pique has suggested that neither team should get a point if they fail to score during a match.
Speaking to former Spain team-mate Iker Casillas on the goalkeeper’s new podcast, he said: “It can’t be that you go to a football stadium, spend €100, €200 or €300 and the match ends 0-0.
“Something needs to change. One proposal to consider would be that if the match ends 0-0, the teams would score zero points.
“The match would open in the 70th minute.”
Pique previously recommended that draws should be scrapped from the game entirely.
He said: “Maybe there are no draws, why not? In baseball and basketball there are no draws. You go to a game and it ends with a draw and the feeling is, ‘Who won?’
“Football is afraid of change. It has a huge history, it is very traditional, but change will happen, it has to happen.
“A 90-minute game that can finish 0-0 is difficult to understand for the new generation.”
In order to make football more entertaining and engaging for younger audiences, Pique created a new format called the Kings League.
It’s a seven-a-side format with 40-minute games – none of which end in a draw.
Instead, if the score is level at full-time the winner is decided with a penalty shootout whereby each taker goes one-on-one with the goalkeeper.
The rules are completely different to the traditional football format, with cards drawn at the start of each match.
Each team picks a card which could include double goal, sanction, penalty or star player to name a few.
The cards can be activated between half-time and the 38th minute.
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