On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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.
Yea, sorry, from my perspective, its as bad as its every been. > > 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. We are talking about adults here. Professional athletes. There is no injury that would cause a grown man to roll around for 30 seconds like he has been shot and then instantly heal so they can run away as if nothing happened. > > 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. I like the way the NFL handles it, though I struggle to see how FIFA could implement something similar. If play is stopped for a player injury, that player has to sit out for at least one down. They implemented this rule to stop guys from faking injuries near the end of the half/game to basically get a free time out so his team can get set up and stop the clock. > > 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:322089 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
