(1.Department of Physical Education,Guangdong Medical College,Zhanjiang 524023,China;2.School of Physical Education,South China Normal University,Guangzhou 510006,China) Abstract: On the basis of interpreting sports humanistic spirits shown by basic principles for the evolution of foot-ball rules, the authors elaborated and analyzed the necessity of the revision of modern football competition rules, and pointed out the followings: referee rules violated principles for fair competition; the “gross time” rule affected the accuracy of competition time; the chief referee had a too large area of rule enforcement; there were controversial penalties as a result of defective rules. The author summed up 6 ideas for perfecting the rules: consider referee’s de-cisions as not final decisions; change “gross time” to “net time”; add more chief referees; introduce video replay technology; add goal line referees; install an electronic chip inside the ball. Key words: competition and training;football rules;modern football |