FIFA should not introduce new technology into the soccer because it will marginalize too many poor countries.
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Goal line technology (like Hawkeye they use in tennis), video replays, basically things that can be used to check a ref's decision if it is felt he missed something.
I think in professional matches that could be a good idea. Although having played a lot (age 8 - 35) and refereed a few games, I always played with the referees decisions never complained when I thought he could be wrong. Would be better if the profesional players could be a little more "professional" in that area...
The reason soccer is so popular is that the it needs minimal equipment and any match played on a standard pitch is played under official FIFA rules without needing sophisticated technology. Once any goal line technology, cameras etc is introduced it will lose its human element.
I do not want to see the day when a match cannot be played in a 3rd world country because there are no electronics.
Well as I understand it - but i am not a technician - couldn't those fancy technical bits easily be flown in in case of an official match in a 3rd world country?
[1 point]2 years ago by pollewopReplyEdited 2 years ago by pollewop
Having been a Little League baseball coach for 5 years, we didn't always have the best umpires. We endured a lot of questionable calls. It would have made for better baseball had the calls been more accurate.
In drag racing, a win light comes on in the lane that wins. I couldn't imagine trying to determine the winner by sight.
In both cases, the sport is improved by electronics, but is is more expensive. I don't know whether it would depress the numbers that play in poor countries, but I expect not. Cubans used to play baseball without chalk lines, with old, worn out gloves and cardboard bases. They still produced some of the best players in the world.
You may be right, but I believe tradition has more to do with it than fairness to third world countries.
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Goal line technology (like Hawkeye they use in tennis), video replays, basically things that can be used to check a ref's decision if it is felt he missed something.
I think in professional matches that could be a good idea. Although having played a lot (age 8 - 35) and refereed a few games, I always played with the referees decisions never complained when I thought he could be wrong. Would be better if the profesional players could be a little more "professional" in that area...
The reason soccer is so popular is that the it needs minimal equipment and any match played on a standard pitch is played under official FIFA rules without needing sophisticated technology. Once any goal line technology, cameras etc is introduced it will lose its human element.
I do not want to see the day when a match cannot be played in a 3rd world country because there are no electronics.
Well as I understand it - but i am not a technician - couldn't those fancy technical bits easily be flown in in case of an official match in a 3rd world country?
Having been a Little League baseball coach for 5 years, we didn't always have the best umpires. We endured a lot of questionable calls. It would have made for better baseball had the calls been more accurate.
In drag racing, a win light comes on in the lane that wins. I couldn't imagine trying to determine the winner by sight.
In both cases, the sport is improved by electronics, but is is more expensive. I don't know whether it would depress the numbers that play in poor countries, but I expect not. Cubans used to play baseball without chalk lines, with old, worn out gloves and cardboard bases. They still produced some of the best players in the world.
You may be right, but I believe tradition has more to do with it than fairness to third world countries.