The snoozefest between Cardiff and Burnley could spark major changes to the laws of the game.
The two sides played out a less than enjoyable game live on Sky Sports at 4pm, with fewer than 450,000 viewers tuning in to see Burnley win 2-1 and heap more misery on Neil Warnock's side.
With Sky Sports focusing on the final day of the Ryder Cup, the match wasn't even shown on the Main Event channel and I'm not sure anyone who likes football could have possibly been entertained by the only 'Super Sunday' game of the day.
And a massive part of that is because of the constant time-wasting and breaks in play. The ball was in play for just 42 minutes 2 seconds, which is the shortest amount of time since Stoke and Aston Villa conjured up only 40 minutes and 50 seconds of actual action on the pitch back in their December 2013 clash.
Of the 90 minutes plus injury time at the Cardiff City team, 48 minutes was lost - with a good chunk of the delays and stoppages coming from Cardiff skipper Sean Morrison taking 20 throw ins and wasting a total of eight minutes.
According to Martyn Ziegler from The Times, the international FA Board, the governing body who have the final say on the laws of the game, are seriously looking at new methods in order to combat the issue of time-wasting.
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It's all part of their 'Play Fair' strategy and the initial talk is that changes could see referees stop their watches when throw-ins and set-pieces are being taken.
One idea to be knocked back was to have a clock inside the stadium that measures when 60 minutes of playing time has been occured, but it is clear that there is a focus on clamping down on time-wasting.
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