>>31303If you looked up from your phone you'd see that most tackles that bring people to the ground are not given as fouls. It's also interceptions and 50/50 headers that are more crucial for regaining possession.
There's a reason why the rulemakers were hesitant even to introduce goal line technology until the early 2010s - it's never been a sterile sport where everything is set out in stone; things like debatable refereeing decisions are what make the game unpredictable and interesting to talk about.
If you simply can't go for an hour and a half without seeing a ball go into a goal then that's fair enough, but there are many draws, games with few goals and goalless draws that are very entertaining because it's not simply an exercise of wanting to see a ball cross a line.
Again, the easier it is to score, the less interesting it is for the majority of people. I can't think of anything more dull than a sport where one team concedes a goal and then immediately goes and scores at the other end, for 90 minutes. If you want to see something that looks like football but has massive scorelines and almost no defending, try out gaelic football.