Referees!

Referees, that's the subject of today. I will still be continuing normal posts, even though I have a new segment.
The question is: Should referees be allowed to use technology to assist in making decisions as is done in ice-hockey and American football, and if not, what could happen to the soccer-world?


Now this is a complicated question and I'm gonna have to write a lot about it. But I have time, all I'm doing is sitting in front of this computer checking scores every 5 seconds. Moving on to the question, below I will put some videos of very bad mistakes by referees.

14/11/09: Ireland-France    1-1 (1-2 on agg.) 

This next one is even worse, sorry it's the only one I
could find and it's in another language:


27/06/10: Germany-England     4-1







Those 2 mistakes are unbelievably bad. England would've made the 2-2 if it weren't for Blatter (the president of the FIFA) who doesn't allow any technological help for the referees! That 2-2 could've turned the World Cup upside-down, and maybe England or Holland would have been world champion - you never know. Once again I can't stop ranting. In 2002 Blatter insisted that technological help would, and these are his exact words: "destroy the game"; he also said he would make sure no technology would be introduced to refereeing. On one hand, he has a point.  It would take away the spirit, emotion and excitement of live football.  After the two experiences above, Blatter apologized and said that the debate for whether or not technology could be used was back open again.  Now, Blatter has half given in by wanting to use two extra referees on the goal-line for the 2014 World Cup and Champions League games.  Hmmmmm........

It's a tough decision because if technological help is introduced,  it would take away or noticeably reduce the spirit, emotion and excitement, but on the other hand if no technology would be appointed the soccer world would be open to (more widespread) corruption, and violence since the fans would become upset over unfair rulings.

                                                        Sepp Blatter (FIFA President)




My answer to both questions: Well, the way I see it technological help should be appointed.  Football is based on fairness, it is even the motto of the game (Fair Play), and what is more fair than being able to see exactly what happened when a play was made?  In my opinion, that also heightens team spirit because fans can be totally sure that correct decisions were made and that the Hand Of God can never be repeated.
If technological help isn't inserted within in the next 5 years football could and only could become more corrupt than it already is and fans will become more violent than they already are - which is a shame for the future of the beautiful game.


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