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by anc2020 5834 days ago
Rightly or wrongly, because they want to keep the game low tech and reproducible in the park.
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Shockingly, one time a few friends and I managed to play soccer in the park without any refs at all!! Crazy right? It was like a completely different game!

/sarcasm

The low-tech argument is not valid. People play football, baseball, basketball in the park all the time. There is no love-lost due to lack of replays, shot clocks, etc.