I had this discussion with another soccer fan and they told me that instant replay _would_ disrupt the pace of the game. I then asked him, 'Oh, and all the acting and fake injuries do not disrupt the pace of play?' He had nothing to say there.
Kind of sad that FIFA tolerates the bullshit acting but drags their feet on stuff like instant replay. On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Vivec <[email protected]> wrote: >> If they have goalline replays and replay technology at the Worldcup...then >> they have to have it in our School Leagues.... >> in ALL the games that run up to the World Cup and in ALL local league >> matches where players and teams that end up in the world cup play. > > Isn't that like saying that the Olympics should be scored by hand and > time should be counted in the heads of the refs? Just because some > countries that participate don't have equivalent technologies? > > Training for and playing soccer is universally easy. You need a ball > and a giant field. Two paper cups at the end for goal posts. That's > how so many kids play the sport, why don't they do that too for the > world cup? > > The reason instant replay isn't int he World Cup is because it would > disrupt the game, not because it's technically impossible or because > some country can't afford video cameras. > > -Cameron > > ... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:322083 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
