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From: Dave G on 24 Jun 2010 09:54
There was a lot of debate on TV yesterday about the possibility of
bringing an instant reply system to the World Cup. Some of the
sportscasters and fans were saying it would slow the game to a crawl
and they really opposed it. Anyone here have thoughts about this?

Dave
From: lescor on 26 Jun 2010 05:38


"Dave G" <reflexology(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> There was a lot of debate on TV yesterday about the possibility of
> bringing an instant reply system to the World Cup. Some of the
> sportscasters and fans were saying it would slow the game to a crawl
> and they really opposed it. Anyone here have thoughts about this?
>
> Dave

I have heard it scores of times but have yet to find anyone who supported
the idea but had really thought it through. There is a case for "did the
ball
cross the line" technology but not for anything else unless we want to ruin
the flow of the game.

Work it out for yourself. Just think through all those suggestions about
4th officials, challenges from the bench and other ideas. and then take
them from theory into actual play and study the effect they would have.

Most supporters quote tennis, rugby, cricket and US football as examples
of how it can be used effectively but these are different sports with
their own
regular breaks in play. Footballs greatest attraction is its continuity.

I have often asked the question, " so you want offside decisions decided by
replay. How would this work in practice? Still waiting for a reply which
made
any sense.

Try it.

LC

From: rwa2play, The Northern Lariat on 27 Jun 2010 18:27
On 6/26/2010 5:38 AM, lescor wrote:
>
>
> "Dave G" <reflexology(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:aed6a0f7-5f81-4564-8a46-a66ec9f66e52(a)g19g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...
>> There was a lot of debate on TV yesterday about the possibility of
>> bringing an instant reply system to the World Cup. Some of the
>> sportscasters and fans were saying it would slow the game to a crawl
>> and they really opposed it. Anyone here have thoughts about this?
>>
>> Dave
>
> I have heard it scores of times but have yet to find anyone who supported
> the idea but had really thought it through. There is a case for "did
> the ball
> cross the line" technology but not for anything else unless we want
> to ruin
> the flow of the game.
>
> Work it out for yourself. Just think through all those suggestions about
> 4th officials, challenges from the bench and other ideas. and then take
> them from theory into actual play and study the effect they would have.
>
> Most supporters quote tennis, rugby, cricket and US football as examples
> of how it can be used effectively but these are different sports
> with their own
> regular breaks in play. Footballs greatest attraction is its
> continuity.
>
> I have often asked the question, " so you want offside decisions
> decided by
> replay. How would this work in practice? Still waiting for a reply
> which made
> any sense.
>
> Try it.
>
> LC

I'd have no problem having it just on whether a goal is scored or not.

And, for the record, rugby has a running clock ala football. So I'm
guessing a ref could stop the clock if there was a goal that needed to
be reviewed.

--
rwa2play, The Northern Lariat
I <3 Joshi Puroresu.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom;
and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values
more, it will lose that too. -- William Somerset Maugham
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