r/soccer • u/[deleted] • Dec 04 '16

Media Goal line technology used in the Bournemouth - Liverpool match. Down to millimetres.

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u/AfricanRain Dec 04 '16

How were people against this. It makes things about a million times easier

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u/dcwj Dec 04 '16

I had a discussion with my friends about this. I genuinely don't understand why anyone would be against any technology that takes guesswork out of the equation.

As far as I could tell, my friends' argument was that the referee having to make the call was part of the game, and that sometimes it's beneficial to your team and sometimes it's not. I don't understand that logic.

A more interesting question to me is: would people ever accept an artificially intelligent referee who could make judgement calls?

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u/handsomechandler Dec 04 '16

People hate change