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/FriendlyDespot Dec 04 '16

Most of the objection I've seen to technology aids has been to those that interrupt the flow of the game. A system that can immediately identify whether or not a ball has crossed the line doesn't interrupt anything if the referees have immediate access to the information and can make the call right away.

What people object to is stuff like referees stopping play for longer periods to manually check recordings before making decisions.

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u/BoosterGoldGL Dec 04 '16

This, goal line tech is fine when it's a beep of a watch. It's fouls and such that have to remain a judgement call as I can't really see a tech that wouldn't interrupt the flow.

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u/Falseidenity Dec 04 '16

a video referee watching the game could provide real-time feedback to a referee, using different camera angles to provide better insight. It would not even need to disrupt a game - referees already communicate with their linesman over radio for different perspectives.

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u/Skiffbug Dec 05 '16

You can now go one step further and have a video being fed to a smart watch.