Not at all. If a team is knackered and is just hanging around trying to get their breath back before taking the kick (of whatever sort) or the throw in, the ref gives the ball to the other side and invites them to carry on playing on their own until such time as the first team chooses to join in...
No it wouldn't. Thirty minutes each way with the ball in play would roughly equate to the 45 minutes each way we have at the moment - currently we are actually getting about thirty minutes play each way anyway.
Absolutely. Been advocating this for yonks. Something for the 4th. official to do! Big clocks at the ground so that fans and players can see it - and the moment the ball crosses the touchline or goal-line, or the ref. blows for a foul or an injury, the clock stops: and it doesn't start until the...