Football - Time for new rules?

It seems to me that the whole game of football has become rather staid and boring and we could do with a fresh look at the rules....

The great Ball Court in the Mayan city of Chichen Itza

As you know, I rather fail to see the entire point of this daft game, so I have had a look back at the way it all started. The Mayans, Tolceks and Aztecs of central and south America seem to have invented it, not us Brits as we have always claimed...

The Mayans used a rubber ball about 20" in diameter. The game was played on a court with sloping walls and two stone rings. Two teams played against each other. The object of the game was to get the ball through the opponents' ring without touching it with your hands.

It was common for the captain of the losing team to be de-capitated and for his head to be used as the core for the new ball.

Stephen Gerrard take note...