Football game should be used TV to help the referee

Hey there pipi_gogo, you are on the ball with that statement, there have been quite a few decisions that havn't been right and there could be several reasons. One thing you have to remember is that the referees call it as they see it, not as they see it in a slow motion reply with all the help you could need, they call it based on what they see and unfortunately some things just go un-noticed or get over exaggerated. The other problem is that even when something is small just like Brazil's Kaka, the referee probably didn't even see that but due to the "dive" it made it seem very possible that something did occur. The high tech way of thinking isn't really what a game like soccer needs, it has been introduced into several sports, some it goes alright but others it just slows the game down, wasting 3-4 minutes and stopping all momentum if they were to use it in soccer the games would run WAY OVER schedule and no one would be happy.

I totally agree with you. Sometimes it is hard for the referee to judge correctly since the motion happens in a second. The TV can really help them to make the right conclusion. In fact the tennis match already adjusts to this method so that the judge will be correct and fair. I don't know why it doesn't apply to soccer match yet. I love China

I do not understand either, why they do not make use of the latest technology to judge the football match. Sometimes, it's so obvious that the referee is making the wrong judgement but they never refer to the video record. It would be more fair to refer to the video recording instead of human judgement.

you know what i never realized before that I see a lot of there is an amazing amount of diving taking place players acting like they had been shot trying to draw a foul and the officals seem to be buying it they need to penalize these playing that are doing the diving it is very sad to see a player get a yellow or red card for basically doing nothing wrong. I am not a big soccer fan so I'm not up on all the rules, but I can tell what a foul is and what isn't and I'm still trying to figure out what our team did wrong on the play that the goal got disallowed cause it looks like all of our players are being mugged and one guy is in a bear hug in the penalty area so how do you not call any of that I mean if you are going to let those blatant fouls go then you should have allowed the play to stand too.

If they have to incorporate the technology in the football to avoid these horrors that the umpires commit. It is not possible to control all the time a party with the images for TV, but there are punctual situations in the parties as the goal that they annulled to England where it is not possible to allow that these horrors should happen.

yes i think so it would be helpful

I think that has been one of the most talked about topics in the football world for the past 2-3 years. But I think the powers that be feel that it kills of the flow and ebb of the game and introduces delays in making decisions and that is the reason why video evidence is still not being considered by FIFA. Cheers! Ram

Don't forget in Ireland vs. France before the World Cup. A blatant hand ball from a French player, Tierry Henry, allowed France to score the goal which beat us and knocked Ireland out of the run up to the World Cup. But because the referee didn't see it, and because Football doesn't use TV refs, he got away with it. The reason, I believe, that they don't use TV refs is because Football's lead associations want to cling to the "honourable" and old time traditions of the game. Anyone who's watched more than one match knows Football is not honourable in the slightest, and these people need to get out of their archives and join the modern world.

In every manual work there is risk of human error, this becomes critical especially when the stakes are as high as in the World Cup. They should really look into these methods as it will definitely help level the playing field.

I was following FIFA's consideration of some of these issues and their stated evaluation prior to the CUP. Unfortunately, it is going to take a transition at the Top & Sepp Blatter's departure for Football to integrate the changes that have taken place in Tennis, Rugby, American Football, Hockey and basketball etc. Reasons given were spurious at best given the amount of revenue spent on this event. For Goal Line Technology,see FIFA.com headline from March 6th, 2010: IFAB decides not to pursue goal-line technology. The subsequent evaluation of using a 4th assistant was not adopted for this tournament. What do you think of FIFA's policy to have Referee's from all countries at any given tournament? In my opinion, the current or next host of the World Cup should supply all the referees to standardize the rules of engagement and cut down on all the different interpretations which simply leaves holes for players to exploit. While this would limit opportunities for some of the best referees to participate in the pinnacle of their profession, something has to be done. Perhaps having continental representation is possible? Eric

Yes, I agree. With the advancement of digital technology, we can see that computers can accurately measure the offside, and replays can see the dives of some pitch actors. However, it's up to those people so high in FIFA, to tell whether we have to still only depend on the eyes of the referees, or should we use a more-acurate-and-objective view of the cameras.