Yeah but football has traditionally been a poor man's sport no need for expensive equipment just a ball/can and a couple of goal markers that's why it's so popular. I don't think it can be compared to Tennis or Cricket the traditionally upper class sports.
If the tech costs the $300,000 per pitch they are quoting many countries will not be able to implement it and hence will not be able to comply with FIFA competition rules.
@fais There already exists a fourth and fifth official, there's no reason one of them couldn't just be given a couple screens with the feed from whichever cameras are available, give them 5-10 seconds to make a decision and if the replay isn't conclusive, let the referee's decision stand.
you still don't need all those fancy technology and referees to play soccer, or tennis, basketball, ruby, football... but in the case of professional level, these thing help the game relatively "fair"
@qbgabe12 This fairness thing is a basic misconception about football. It's not supposed to be a fair, honest and beautiful game, it's meant to be ruthless, ugly and mean. Why do you think there's only one ref and a couple of assistants to watch 22 guys?
@fais then only use it for the World Cup. it's a tournament that only comes once a year. many players will only ever play in one world cup. and now england and mexico have to wait another four years to give another crack at it, possibly because of a ref's poor call.
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They do it in Tennis, let's do it for Soccer
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Yeah but football has traditionally been a poor man's sport no need for expensive equipment just a ball/can and a couple of goal markers that's why it's so popular. I don't think it can be compared to Tennis or Cricket the traditionally upper class sports.
If the tech costs the $300,000 per pitch they are quoting many countries will not be able to implement it and hence will not be able to comply with FIFA competition rules.
@fais There already exists a fourth and fifth official, there's no reason one of them couldn't just be given a couple screens with the feed from whichever cameras are available, give them 5-10 seconds to make a decision and if the replay isn't conclusive, let the referee's decision stand.
@fais
you still don't need all those fancy technology and referees to play soccer, or tennis, basketball, ruby, football... but in the case of professional level, these thing help the game relatively "fair"
@qbgabe12
This fairness thing is a basic misconception about football. It's not supposed to be a fair, honest and beautiful game, it's meant to be ruthless, ugly and mean. Why do you think there's only one ref and a couple of assistants to watch 22 guys?
@fais then only use it for the World Cup. it's a tournament that only comes once a year. many players will only ever play in one world cup. and now england and mexico have to wait another four years to give another crack at it, possibly because of a ref's poor call.