Football Reform Quotes

It's almost un-American to say that you want to change football.

David Beckham is a patriot, and I am sure he will help in any way he can. Beckham needs to be part of any future plans to remould the England set-up. Beckham and players like him need to be integrated into the set-up in the same way that the Germans take on board former players from Beckenbauer to Rummenigge.

For me, and I've been on record saying it, let's create two leagues: one for players who want the college football experience, and another for those that want to get paid, have the NFL help fund it, whatever. Guys who don't want to go to school to get an education, let them go to work.

Is there a way that we would actually recognize the game of football with fewer tackles and fewer collisions? I'm not sure. But I think that's the direction we're going to have to go. Bigger fields? Fewer players on the field? I think we are ultimately going to have to change some of the major rules of the game.

Many people agree with me that many things are not clear in football these days and it is not something people who watch football deserve. The situation will be the same while football is run by people who do not understand football.

I'm very proud of high school, college and pro football, the strides have been made to make it a safer game.

The world is changing, football should definitely too.

Football is becoming all about money. I would like to be in a lift with Gordon Brown and say, 'Please do something about football.'

I'm sorry for Italian football; there's no desire to improve Italian football.

Trust in the great American ingenuity. We can derive more intelligent, more brain-friendly ways we can play football.

We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.

I wish I could help in a more substantial way, the football in India in a more global, national way.

I don't think any of us are above the ability to change football from what it is.

That's what all of us want, why we're getting involved in so many campaigns - we want to leave football in a better place than when we came into it.

I've seen Graeme Jones getting absolutely crucified and I'm thinking, 'You've got it wrong,' He's one of the best things that's happened to the SFA. He's one of the main guys trying to drive the nation forward.