FINALLY: FIFA Considering 'Goal-line Technology'

[mkyam]

FIFA does not implement Preventive Action in their Quality Management System.

 

[Guest]

The comment "today kids can play football with the same rules as the World Cup players" is totally wrong...

YES kids still will play with the same rules, the only difference is that the pro's have multimillion TV industry watching that can easily afford TV ref's and equipment etc..

In South Africa we have been watching Rugby and Cricket for years with the TV refs and from a spectator point of view it is very entertaining..

 

[Guest]

adding those view things doesn't mean you have to use it for EVERY SINGLE call.....

btw, just boz the clock stop, doesn't mean momentum doesn't' matter in american football, the next play is just a matter of minute(s) away. And in soccer, player can easily waste time as well... keeper slowly pickup the ball and take all the time he can to kick off... the ball kick back and forward in the back field

 

[silverblue]

A keeper that wastes time gets a yellow card - it was introduced to prevent exactly that. Of course, they do like to push it somewhat.

Bring back Pierluigi Collina...

 

[gdilord]

I support a system where both teams have a set amount of times that they can question the referee's decision. Given the awful quality of refereeing in this World Cup I'd say that five times per team per match is a good starting point.

Côte d'Ivoire, the USA, England, Germany, Mexico and Serbia have all been victims of questionable decisions on the referee's part.

And South Africa with Khune's red card.

 

[silverblue]

And Brazil with Kaka's, I'd have to say.

 

[Alatheia00]

I am not sure about introducing video technology into football as it will effect the continuity of the game, with all the stopping and starting and players questioning virtually every decision.
As an England supporter I think they should of introduced a chip in the ball that sounds a buzzers when it fully crosses the line this is just common sense as it in no way detracts from the game and you have to wonder why it hasn't been introduced even though the idea is an old one.
I am not a conspiracy theorist, however before the world cup a leading member of the Football Association in England was sacked after he made allegations about match fixing which were unsubstantiated. Jorge Larrionda the referee who made the disgusting decision against England had previously disallowed an almost identical goal for Brazil, in the modern game betting syndicates in the countries like Thailand and China make millions betting on obsure points in a game like, throw ins, shots on goal, offsides etc is it so far fetched to think that some of the games in the world are fixed maybe not in there final score but in other factors.
The England goal I feel was crucial towards our exit from the tournament the same the USA disallowed goal was for their's. Admittedly we were outplayed in the 2nd half but if it was 2-2 our approach to the game would have been more pragmatic and we wouldn' have been as exposed as we were conceding the third goal.
I guess we will never know, but I can't help but feel aggrieved at the final decision especially when modern technology clearly pointed out the mistake a couple of seconds later.

 

[Alatheia00]

Isn't this an American site, I didn't know so many yanks were into Soccerball, sorry I mean Football lol. When I think of the USA and football this is the first thing I think of,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXjCKwBtG0I

 

[silverblue]

My apologies - was replying to the idiot who posted more sales spam and I can't find the forum.

*sheepish*

 

[blasterth]

[citation][nom]gdilord[/nom]and South Africa with Khune's red card.[/citation]
Last man, Khune hit the feet of the attacker, not the ball. Red card + penalty is by the book. Slow motion only show that the referee was right in this case.

 

[silverblue]

The "last man" rule is a myth. The punishment would apply to anybody who denies a goalscoring opportunity whether they're the last person in defence or not. I think the interpretation lies in what you believe to be the "last man" - is it the last person in the defence or the last person in your way? In my view, it's the latter.

I know it's not the place for this, but one could argue the following:

1) A red card after giving a penalty for denying a goalscoring opportunity should be dropped to yellow as a goalscoring opportunity still exists, though this would have to depend on how obvious the previous opportunity was - a cynical tackle to prevent someone scoring in an open goal should still be a red.
2) Handball on the goalline should just be rewarded with a goal and no further punishment. Saves time; should've gone in anyway.

 

[tanjali]

I wouldn’t stop at 'Goal-line Technology' to make soccer much more interesting and less boring and corrupt I would impose basketball like timing would give 2x 30 min’s with stop times on interruptions I think it’s time, and technically viable. What about offside line technology?

 

[Guest]

wtf is with all these people saying "lolz, bad calls are just part of teh gamez!" wtf? What the hell is the point in even playing if the rules wont be respected. I mean you might as well just start cheating and say "hey its 50/50 whether I get caught, just part of the game!". If you throw a pitch in baseball and someone strikes out 3x but the ref was yawning on the 3rd, lolz give that man a 4th pitch! Playing football and you run out of bounds, OH WELL ref wasnt paying attention, just PART OF THE GAME, keep going! You people defending poor referring that completely changes the outcome of the damn game are beyond ridiculous. You're worried about slowing the game down, but the game is already corrupt if you cant trust anything thats happening.

This is like the 12th forum I have seen people defending bad officiating b/c they dont want to slow the game down. Im not even going to watch the damn game if goals are/arent going to be counted properly, i mean seriously wtf.

 

[silverblue]

Amazing how many people vote you down for a simple mistake (not that it actually was a mistake). I guess none of you saw the NIKE/GUCCI etc. spam earlier? The site admins were like lightning in removing them, it seems.

 

[blasterth]

So I guess before the advent of these technologies, you didn't watch a single sport (or at least the ones with a ball and a line to cross)?
There is a difference between poor referring and errors do to the fact that you can't always be at the right place at the right time.
If the referee is an idiot is 1 thing, but you can't blame a referee if at home using 5 view angles, an HD TV and some line drawing you manage to see an offside that he didn't see.
Football has been played for a while with this system, the problem that we have today is that people at home can see dubious play situations way better than the referee. The hard decision is to choose what you wanna check with this cameras systems and what you wanna leave to the referee decision.
Goal line crossing? offside? red cards? yellow cards? ...

 

[triculious]

so every other sport uses technology for better and fairer decisions in their games and what's supposed to be the most extended and loved sport in the world should be played as if it's 1805?
technology is supposed to aid do those difficult decisions, it doesn't slow down the game and will surely aid getting a better, more interesting sport

 

[ksampanna]

Finally ...

 

[Xatos]

Uhh, what's a FIFA and who gives a shit? Why are articles like this on Tom's? This is the type of thing that has me | | this close from leaving this site altogether.

 

[silverblue]

There's a good enough reason - technology. If the world's biggest spectator sport can introduce goal-line cameras or even some technology into the ball itself, it will be interesting to see how long it takes for it to spread throughout the domestic leagues. Common sense has been denied for so long.

Sport and technology do go hand-in-hand on a professional level. Football may not be anywhere near as useful for technology as, say, Formula 1, but we're still talking about the development of motion sensors or cameras which will be improved in time. Some company somewhere will get a contract to handle this and then there will be competitors in that field. The popularity of football is surely the reason as to why we get so many replays on television coverage. 😉

So in the end, it may not make a big difference to technology as we know it, but it's still technology.

 

[wonspur]

to be fair, Sepp (president of fifa) doesnt want technology, he will find anyway not to put it in the game of football. The most we will ever see are two more refs, one at each goal. I happen to agree as technology will do nothing but slow the game down and make it harder for refs.