Most sports today have embraced replay technology
and absorbed it into the rules and decision making process. But is it
right for football? Association Rules Football is steeped in tradition
and many believe the old ways are part of what makes football, football.
I suggest that the game needs it, and will discuss in further detail why this is the case.
Some of us may have at some point heard of Geoff Hurst's controversial goal in the 1966 World Cup final. Likewise my generation watched in awe as Diego Maradona punched the ball past Peter Shilton in Mexico 1986, arguably the precursor to Argentina lifting the World Cup for a second time.
These obviously are two of the more famous examples and to a large degree still a hot topic of discussion amongst football fans today.
Based on video footage, mathematicians have even carried out trajectory analysis on Geoff Hurst's "goal" in an attempt answer the question once and for all.
Had the linesmen and referees had access to instant replay footage, could these now mythical stories have been settled without the potential for human error?
In Geoff Hurst's case, unlikely. Broadcast quality in 1966 was black and white, poor and lacked depth, in addition to the fact that instant repetitive access to footage from multiple angles was mere science fiction.
In modern times technology is different, digital quality with better colours, improved depth of field, live wireless data transfer to name a few. Additionally there is further advanced "goal-line technology" available which eradicates the issue of the various camera angles causing a conflict of interest, particularly in terms of the ball crossing the line (or not).
I have read your posts. It was really good and resourceful. I really enjoy it. I just want to share my thought on this matter, hope that you won't mind.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I am a football fan too. I love football and enjoy it as much as I could, I personally like FC Barcelona.
Secondly, there was time, you would really upset because your favorite team was disadvantage due to wrong decision of the referees such as did not call for penalty when they was so obvious when you watch replay or they did not call for offside when the other team scored an important goal against your fav team.
There are millions of times happened like that and you was really upset, true? Because of those moments like that happened to your fav team or to other teams brought together your purest emotions or to other people. Tears, laugh, fury, anger, joys, That made it football, that made it a king sport.
Luckiness is an important element in football, it's an important element in everything we do. We have to accept it as a part of who we are. As referee as human too, he may have made mistakes, as we all do. If we use technology into football, will it bring us those emotions as it always did to us or it will take it away from us?
Will it be the wisest decision or the most mistaken decision we would ever made?
worst decision*
ReplyDeleteTrue, one of the main arguments against the introduction of the technology is as you say, that it may ruin the spectacle that the element of luck brings to the game, which has been a fundamental part of football for so long :-)
DeleteI can't agree however that there is no place for technology in football. To stay popular any sport has to move with the times, otherwise we'd all still be kicking parts of a pig around a village square.
Interesting topic, this topic regarding goal line technology has been a issue for a pretty long time i believe. Although goal line technology will provide accuracy to the decisions made by the ref's, as mentioned by Luke, this will immediately destroy the emotional part of the game. Soccer has the most controversy regarding ref's decisions made during each game. I believe these decisions make the games more interesting and gets the fans more into the game.
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