Well it completely depends on exactly how instant replay would be used. If it's used like I described earlier than I think it would be helpful. Stopping play to dispute calls however would destroy the game.
As far as the "fake injuries" comment I have a few things to say about that. First I think you are lumping a few things together. 1.Simulation: where players dive to get a call or roll around on the ground when there was clearly no contact. This is the worst part of the game in my opinion. Some of it is cultural some of it not. FIFA does try to stamp this out but it's tough. As long as there are fouls there will be players simulating being fouled in an attempt to gain an advantage for their squads. Some coaches encourage it, some coaches will pull you of the roster if you do it. 2. Actually getting fouled. A lot of people that haven't played think that every time a player rolls around on the ground for 30 seconds then gets up and continues to play is faking it. Trust me, there are many many many times when you take a knock that hurts like hell for 15 or 20 seconds then the pain subsides. It's the way the human body works. It doesn't mean that every time a player needs a second after getting fouled that it's a fake injury. There's a pretty damn big grey area between no injury and breaking a leg. And also if you take a knock and go down and then there's no whistle it's clear the play won't stop and you damn well better get back up and help your team unless you really have hurt yourself bad. Remember you only get three substitutions you can make for the whole 90 minutes. That alone means that you really need to play through injury if you are capable. Also this doesn't generally affect the flow of the game as the ref will only blow the play dead if he believes there is a head injury. Most players if they see a player down will kick the ball out of bounds and then the opposing team will return the ball once play continues. And that's also why there is added time at the end of the half. If there's been three minutes of "rolling around" then the add the appropriate amount of extra time. I agree that I hate to see players that fake it, but I think you'd be extremely hard pressed to find a fan that doesn't hate this part of football. On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:01 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:322086 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
