FIFA World Cup - Bernie & Max Style

To improve safety - players must wear helments & steel toe footwear.

Helmets may not have moveable aero devises,
but helmet winglets are permitted for advert purposes.

75% of the stands are to be covered with large banners,
so that the other 25% looks crowded enough to make one assume the game is a sellout.

To save costs, only two team practices are allowed.

The pre-game warmup will be divided into three timed segments.
After the first segment is over, one third of the players must head to the bench.
After the next segment, another third must leave for the bench.
The remaining players must drink the entire contents of their water bottles before heading out for the remainder of warmup. No more water for them until after the game.

Players are only permitted to run on the field in a counterclockwise motion...Oops, sorry. This ain't NASFIFA

The yellow card - red card system will be replaced with a monetary fine system, as follows:
Mclaren will be fined $100,000,000 after every infraction.

Footwear will be supplied by Bridgestone and come in two sizes.

All players must switch footware at some point in the game.
The footware they switch to may not have the same tread pattern as what they were wearing previously.

Feel free to add to the list.....

luca di montezemelo, coach of the italian team, complains about the new and smaller teams in the world cup like north korea and honduras. he went on to say teams should have 15 players on the pitch, instead of 11.

england striker lewis hamilton is docked 30 seconds from the time he set running from one end to the other and scoring a brilliant goal against keeper raikkonen (who is finnish but plays for italy simply because it fits in with my story) in the belgian stadium. as a result, england are docked to 3rd in the results behind italy and mosley himself.

the austrian team was thrown into confusion when two players, webber and vettel, collided whilst both trying to strike the ball and take the lead in the golascoring charts. it was clear to most vettel was at fault, but some refuted this view, including team boss christian horner, who later changed his mind.

when a budget cap was announced for next season, most teams decided to make a breakaway 'world series of soccer' competition. this ultimately fell through and soon mosley was replaced as the head of FIAFA. luckily.

so bernie's eurasian steam roller rolled on.