Introducing the Saves Rule and New Boxscore Layout for 2011

THE SAVES RULE
Last year the owner of the CD Gunners came up with an idea to add more value to the Goal Keepers of the BSL. Instead of just counting a keepers clean sheets, the BSL should put some value on his "saves total" as well. The majority of the leagues owners liked the idea, but the season was already in play. Well, the SAVES RULE will be installed for 2011. The theory is keepers who have poor defenders will still have some value if they can stop a whole bunch of shots. The magic number of saves is "5" for a goal keeper to earn 1 point in the boxscore. If a keeper does get 10 saves in a game then he will have earned 2 points in the boxscore.
NEW LOOK BOXSCOREThis leads way to the next announcement. The new look boxscore. The image above is a sample of it. The top 3 stats are the staples of the BSL scoring system since day 1. (Goals, Assists, and Clean Sheets). The next 4 stats are the bonus features that have been installed over time. The new saves rule, yellow cards, red cards, and the LF rule (Lineup Failure). In this example TBA Club #2 won the match 3 to 1 because it had 2 goals and 5 saves = 3 points. The other club also had 2 goals, but did not post his lineup order on his club website in time and lost 1 point for lineup failure. Both clubs had 2 yellow cards each, but neither clubs first substitute player scored anything.