video replays for soccer
lots of talk about video replays for soccer. all major sports have some form of video replay. shouldnt there be video for the most popular game in the world? you think it will ruin the game? make it slower? or improve the game for players and fans?
It should be a captain’s decision and they can challenge the refs call up to 3 times a game, Therefore they cannot go to it too often and if you use them all too early it could come back to bite you later in the game.
My 2 Cents.
Refs should be able to go to video replays for goals or penalty decisions. If there is a tight offside call and the assistant official doesn’t make a clear call, let the attackers play advantage, then if they score go to the video to see if they were offside, as in Tevez’s goal. The refs should have been able to review a quick replay after the goal, which would have clearly shown him to be offside. Any time a goal is scored or a potential sending off or penalty is given, they should be able to quickly review the incident from a different angle in case they missed what really happened.
I don’t think it will ruin the game at all. It’s so frustrating as a spectator to see a game ruined by bad officiating. I would much rather take the time to review the incidents in question to get a fair and just result.
IT would change the game a bit. but I think as the skills advance, it will become necessary.
The problem is that some countries will allow it in thier major leagues, but will the International (FIFA) rules accept it?
Eventually it will have to happen, I think.
I was just reading this on Soccernet:
FIFA reiterates opposition to technology
June 28, 2010
By Soccernet staff
FIFA has rejected calls for the introduction of technology despite two controversial incidents during Sunday’s second round matches which led to almost universal calls for world football’s governing body to review the situation.
In England’s match with Germany a goal which clearly crossed the line was not given, while in the Argentina-Mexico game a goal was allowed despite replays being shown inside the stadium as the hapless officials conferred to discuss the situation which showed the scorer was obviously offside.
But at a press conference in Johannesburg, FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke said that the use of video technology was “definitely not on the table” claiming a “zero-fault” system was not possible.
“We can talk about refereeing decisions which, when you looked at them after the game, you could say were perhaps not good decisions,” Valcke said. “We didn’t say you could have a zero-fault system in the World Cup. Additional assistants [referees] could happen in 2014 to make sure these kind of things are not happening in refereeing.
“It doesn’t mean the use of video, that is definitely not on the table today, but one thing we are discussing is two additional assistants to support referees to make decision-making easier and to have more eyes helping him to make such decisions. We knew this is where criticism would come.”
FIFA communications director Nicolas Maingot faced some tough questions in his daily media briefing on Monday but refused to drawn on the subject of technology and refereeing, claiming he was “not competent’’ to answer questions
Maingot said: “There are some questions on technology and additional assistant referee experiments and the International FA Board meeting in March took a stance on goal-line technology.
“We will not enter into any debate on refereeing at the daily media briefing. I am not competent to do so.
“The International FA Board, which FIFA is a member of along with the four British associations, dealt with this topic in March. A clear decision on the use of technology was taken at the time.
“I don’t think football is very much different from other sports and not all sports have recourse to technology.’‘
FIFA ruled out the use of technology at the March meeting, voting 6-2 against. Valke and FIFA’s under-fire president Sepp Blatter both came out in favour of retaining the current system.
Blatter, who is one of the most vociferous opponents of the introduction of technology, was in the Free State Stadium to witness Frank Lampard’s not-given goal and had to squirm in his VIP box as replays showed the incident time and time again and the crowd vented its fury.
“No matter which technology is applied, at the end of the day a decision will have to be taken by a human being,” Blatter said in March. “This being the case, why remove the responsibility from the referee to give it to someone else? It is often the case that, even after a slow-motion replay, ten different experts will have ten different opinions on what the decision should have been. Fans love to debate any given incident in a game. It is part of the human nature of our sport.”
Link to article: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/story/_/id/803244/ce/uk/?cc=3436&ver=global
I dont guess that more refs would hurt.
but it’s not an equal solution.
two refs wouldn’t be too bad, like the NRL i guess. but unlike the NRL they have to not get into the habit of using video ref’s for every goal
The Refereeing is terrible, disgraceful!
two refs wouldn’t be too bad, like the NRL i guess. but unlike the NRL they have to not get into the habit of using video ref’s for every goal
so true
yeah, but what are the odds of two missed calls on goals on the same day??
I think the problem with replay cameras is once you allow them for goals, then people are going to want them for offsides, dives and carded fouls. I bet FIFA does not want more replays of guys faking injuries since it belittles the game.
On a side note, I think that is one of the reasons why soccer is not popular in the US. In what other sport are men encouraged to pretend they are hurt just to get penalties? In all other major sports you are respected if you play hurt, stiff upper lip and all.
I think FIFA could review games and when someone who is in ‘intense’ pain, like the guy who ran at Kaka, gets up and is playing 2 minutes later, they could ban him from the next match. If you’re going to fake it, you have to fake it all the way to the hospital.
It should be a captain’s decision and they can challenge the refs call up to 3 times a game, Therefore they cannot go to it too often and if you use them all too early it could come back to bite you later in the game.
My 2 Cents.
I totally agree!!