We’ve all beat on this goal-line technology thing until we can’t beat any more. Honestly, what more can we all say that hasn’t been said before?
Like here, just this week on ProSoccerTalk.
Or how about this one, where we got a little naïve and dreamy and allowed ourselves to wonder about a better time in the future, when this crazy technology thing might actually be implemented. Yeah, that was a good one.
Really, we stated our case pretty clearly here.
I quote myself, where I wondered in a previous post if we all agree that goal-line technology is the right thing to do:
Being good citizens and rational advocates for legitimate outcomes, it’s a good thing, right? Anything to improve the odds of ensuring a right and proper result constitutes a solid plan, yes?
Fair is fair, after all! A ball that crosses the line, between the posts, is a goal. The referee points to the center and we all get on with it. Even if this magic moment happens not for your beloved club, even if the decisive event in question befalls the side that long ago captured your heart’s heart, in the honorable spirit of competition and fair play, all good men and women recognize that a goal is goal is a goal.
… Oh, we don’t need fancy fiber optics or advanced microchips on patrol between the pipes at every schoolyard, college park, public park complex and soccer center in the land. But it certainly seems prudent and quite obvious that stationing cameras or chips for most important matches in the world would constitute reasonable deployment of modern technology.
I suppose the only thing left to be said is this: No, the extra set of eyes behind each goal isn’t good enough. It never was. Get it now?
The only thing left, then, is this picture. It’s from the big talker today, the Ukrainian “goal” that wasn’t.
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- garryjercia - Jun 19, 2012 at 9:44 PM
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FIFA makes MLB looks progressive on replay.
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- danny136200 - Jun 20, 2012 at 8:12 PM
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lol
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- rodge1 - Jun 19, 2012 at 10:10 PM
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FIFA is run by arrogant & corrupt people. It’s an absolute shame this actually goes on with such a great sport.
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- drmonkeyarmy - Jun 19, 2012 at 10:28 PM
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Then you have to extend replay to on/off sides calls that lead to goals. In the situation that occurred today, having goal line technology would have actually led to a goal that should not have been a goal. That would have been an unjust result.
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- handsofsweed - Jun 20, 2012 at 12:05 AM
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Right. That entire sequence was a complete mess.
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- anarchopurplism - Jun 20, 2012 at 9:17 PM
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An NFL type “challenge” system for offsides calls on goals would be the only way to make replay work on offsides calls. One problem is that the ref would have to “play on” when the linesmans flag was up. Knowing when to blow the whistle and look under the replay hood might ne difficult to define. Also, challenges should not be allowed in the last 10mins or be used as a time-wasting device.
I cant stand time wasting or watching “injured” players pop up and get right into the game after coming off on a stretcher. Have some self respect. All teams should play a man short for 3-5 minutes unless a substitute for an actually injured player to come off.
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- Steve Davis - Jun 21, 2012 at 11:06 AM
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True, goal-line controversies are pretty rare. Best guess, it happens once every 30-40 games. So, it’s use as a potential time-waster really isn’t an argument against it. It would be impossible for teams to contrive to waste time while a “replay” of some sort is employed. Besides, most of the technology now in test mode wouldn’t necessarily require a “replay” element. We would be alerted instantly in the event of a goal.
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