Gary Neville has revealed what he would do in order to improve football for supporters.
Man United legend Neville, 49, has regularly been outspoken on several key issues relating to the game.
The former right back is a strong supporter of an independent regulator, while he has also been a major opponent of a potential breakaway European Super League in recent years.
And, speaking on The Overlap, brought to you by Sky Bet, Neville posed a question to his colleagues Ian Wright, Gary Neville and Roy Keane on what they would change in football to ‘make it 100 per cent better forever’.
Neville came out with one radical idea that would impact the way points are awarded after games.
Gary Neville has revealed what he would do in order to improve football for supporters
Neville has regularly been outspoken on several key issues relating to the game in recent years
He revealed he would introduce an extra point for a penalty shoot-out after drawn matches
‘At the end of (drawn) league games (I’d introduce) penalties for an extra point,’ he said. ‘So you get two points (if you win the shoot-out).
‘Make it exciting for a fan that comes. If a kid goes to a game for the first time or it might be their only game this season, and sees a 0-0 or 1-1 draw, there would be a winner at least.
‘Kids love penalties, my girls (would) love penalties at the end.’
Keane commented how it was a ‘very Americanized’ idea, with Neville admitting that the practicalities of the potential new rule would take some working out.
However, it is already in action in the EFL Trophy, where teams – like Neville says – have the opportunity to earn an extra point via a penalty shoot-out victory at the end of a game if it is drawn.
This extra point is often crucial in progressing from the group stage of the competition.
The 49-year-old – who is also a co-owner of League Two side Salford City – was full of further ideas and went on to reveal what else he would switch in the game.
‘I would definitely change distribution right down from the Premier League,’ he added.
‘So the steps are equal all the way down. (I want) the idea that every team can come up and every team can come down so there’s not a massive disparity between the Championship and Premier League. It’s massive and it’s getting bigger.’
Neville said his change would make football ‘100 per cent better’ and more exciting for fans
The rule of a penalty shoot-out at the end of drawn games already happens in the EFL Trophy
The rest of the panel chipped in with their ideas, although Keane’s suggestion that goals should be bigger was quickly shot down by Wright.
But it was Carragher who seemed the most passionate about what he would change.
‘Players to stop kicking the ball out when somebody goes down,’ he explained. ‘It f***ing pisses me off.
‘Games stopping all the time. People bluffing injuries, it stops the game. Just get on with the f***ing game.’
Gary Neville was speaking on The Overlap, brought to you by Sky Bet.