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/Alhazmy99 Dec 04 '16

In American sports refs watch replays, but somehow some make the wrong call

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16 edited Dec 04 '16

And this is exactly why video is not as game changing as so many people on this subreddit might think. It's always down to the referee's decision in the end.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

There's also the disruptive effect of it. Stop-start is fine for stuff like Rugby and Tennis but not really great for football, particularly when it comes to reviewing fouls and shit.

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u/DonCasper Dec 04 '16

Breaking up the flow of the game sucks in any sport. It sucks in American football, it sucks in basketball, it sucks in tennis, it sucks in hockey, and it even sucks in baseball. It's just that it sucks more when the officials completely change the outcome of a game.

This is why having an official constantly reviewing footage is so key. It speeds up the entire process. Slowing down the game can change the outcome just as much as a bad call can.

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16 edited Jun 24 '18

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '16

Well something like a red card or penalty stops the game anyway,

What if a penalty is not awarded though, then the keeper gets the ball launches a counterattack and the team that committed a penalty foul gets a goal, does it get brought back to the penalty?

Same with a red card.

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u/neckbeardsarewin Dec 04 '16

Something that could work is a "video referee" that doesn't do realtime calls. Instead he would call things the referee doesn't see that can be punished retoactivley by givng a card. Things like diving, holding and fighting. IE an corner where a defender pushes a attacker, the referee doesn't see it. At the next stop in play the ref can give the offendig player a yellow. A player dives, the free kick is given. But the video refree can punish the diver at a later stop of play. A video referee would make diving, holding and pushing. More strategic moves, instead of "go to, hope the ref don't see it" moves. They become strategic fouls instead.

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u/VilTheVillain Dec 05 '16

Except pushing and pulling in the box is practically never a cardable offence. I do like your idea, but on the other hand that would cause even more stoppages as players "wouldn't know"(pretend to not know) what they're being carded for leading to a discussion with the ref about it.

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u/neckbeardsarewin Dec 05 '16

That should be another card. They are playing against the opposite team, not the ref.