World Cup Refs: Could Technology Help Them?
Published June 29, 2006
Having said that, FIFA should strive to find ways — sooner the better — for the sake of the game and all fairness to the competing teams, to punish the perpetrators who blatantly and shamelessly make a mockery of FIFA's much trumpeted fair play campaign.
Perhaps use of technology in a limited fashion might be helpful. There's no requirement to interfere with the game while it is on, and no reason to rescind game time decisions by the referee. However, to make sure that no genuine violators have gotten away, FIFA , after reviewing the game replays, can impose further sanctions. This will make sure the human factor stays in the game and also guarantees the culprits missed by the referees were taken to task. This can also be applied during half-time breaks.
I wonder people who got a taste of how it is like to be on the wrong side of referee's decision has to say if the technology is made available even with a limited scope, because blame-it-on-the-referees has always been a perennial favorite of the coaches around the world in every major sport to take the heat off themselves.
I am not defending the officials, who must be penalized for their screw ups. But come to think about it, who's here to be blamed? Really?
Why not take care of the cheating players first before you take the pot shots at officiating?
As a matter of fact, the players should be held more accountable because it is their primary responsibility to stay honest to the game. Equally disturbing is that these millionaire babies, idols of millions of budding footballers around the world, worshipped for their mesmerizing skills also happen to be the habitual cheaters for whom conning the referees are the acts of sublime artistry.
If there was ever any doubt why Argentinia native Manu Ginobili is always a step ahead of the home grown floppers, the World Cup has put unsettled minds to rest.
- World Cup Refs: Could Technology Help Them?
- Published: June 29, 2006
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RJ:
I think it's safe to pick Germany and Portugal. However, after Brazil lost to France, safety of any pick is in serious trouble.
Italy beat Germany a few months ago..beat no they got pasted by the italians. The ITalians with their big scandal in mind are extra sharp I think.
France , I hope they didn't peak yesterday and that they will make the Portugal match a match.
Portugal has a good team but I dont know who the suspended people are in their next match. Against France they will need every top player available so Deco for example.
Germany , I didnt think much of them at the start of the tournament , but they have grown but beating italy....I dont know if they can.
so much for those predictions, RJ. Hope you're not a gambling man. Close on the Germany/Italy game though.
Eh, give'm a break on those predictions. Those were tough matches to call. Especially, when you have the Uruguay Ref that robbed the USA Team.
It's not so much technology for the refs that concerns me, as much as fairness to the US. I'm sure this a laughable request, granted the USA foriegn policy record.
The United State side is up with there with the best of the world's sides, now. The Italians have conceded but one goal in the entire World Cup, this time around. That goal had been by hard work of the US. Sure it had been an own goal on the Italians part, but the Americans held their own a man down to bring home a result of 1-1 against a side that is undoubtedly at the top.
Victory for the Italians on Sunday.
"My predictions:
Germany over Italy in penalty kicks...
Portugal torches France 3-1..."
- RJ Elliott, comment #1
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Could the World Cup refs use technology to help them?! Um, like, fucking A they could and should. I've never seen worse and blatantly foul officiating in any sport as in this World Cup tournament, including the final. The Italians played disgustingly dirty throughout the whole World Cup and were barely called on any obvious fouls. The refs in World Cup Football, and football/soccer across the world are NOTORIOUS for accepting bribes in order to fix the outcome of the games.
The goal that Italy scored in the World Cup was scored illegally since the Italian who scored the goal had his entire arm wrapped around the French defender and was pushing him down. But, of course, the Italian didn't get called for it. All we hear is that the penalty kick awarded to France in the 10th minute shouldn't have been a penalty.
Regardless of Zidane's ridiculous head-butt, the fact is the refs did NOT see it happen but only saw it on the big giant screen, which is NOT permissible in soccer. What Zidane did was surely stupid but this final was FIXED way before it was played.
Italy's football clubs are embroiled in a nasty indictment of game fixing in the Italian leagues, including many players on the Italian national team.
To me, World Cup Football is like Horse Racing, Boxing or Professional Wrestling. It's all fixed.
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My predictions:
Germany over Italy in penalty kicks...
Portugal torches France 3-1...