On Jun 27, 2006, at 4:31 AM, paul brown wrote:
This is exactly what needs to change. If the game was being
invented now there
is no way that video technology would not be involved. How can one
man see every
incident from all the angles in order to make good decisions? He
can't so he
should be given help.
I don't know that I agree. I used to think that, but one of the
things that make it 'the beautiful game' is the flow of play. And
there are 4 sets of eyes at professional matches, and 3 sets at most
others, not just the center. Just last week I was on the line with a
National ref working the center, and after the play he was running up
field with his back to me. I saw the striker, who was frustrated at
losing the ball on the previous posession, violently kick a defender.
He was sent off at the next stoppage, yet the center never saw it. He
took my word as to what happened, and gave the direct red.
There was another silly red card yesterday in the Italy game - the
game had
already stopped for the foul but a 5 second replay showed it was a
yellow at
most. Instead, Italy are down to 10 men and on the back foot for
the rest of the
game.
Nice dive to win the penalty though ;)
See? It all evens out in the end. ;-)
What I *would* like to see, at least at the professional level, is a
video review after the game, with penalties assessed for cases of
diving. As you said, there is no way someone in the heat of a match
can see everything and tell for sure if there was a foul or just
minor contact. If upon review it is clear that the player faked it,
they should be suspended and/or fined. I'll bet all the actors on the
pitch soon look to community theatre for their acting, and stick to
playing football on the pitch if they believed that such crap would
be caught and punished.
-- Ed Leafe
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