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Originally Posted by //\/\/
i think we should separate the football from the rugby when it comes to replays, because rugby is, by its very nature, more of a stop-start affair; and as you say, it's more about fine, technical issues around tries, rather than split-second decisions.
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Fair call - they're very different games.
I'm interested in some of the goal line/goal-mouth technology that's was being developed. At least I think they've been stopped - FIFA has banned it from consideration. One of them was being developed by Hawkeye - same radar type tech as used in the cricket for showing LBW.
In cricket - that can't be used to over-rule an umpire's onfield call - but it's used for TV only.
I think there's a case for that sort of technology to be part of the game - it's instant - and the call can go to the ref within seconds. If it was controversial - there'd be players wailing and moaning and rolling around on the floor anyway - plenty of time to get a decision made.
There's so much cash wrapped up in football these days - with Champions League places making or breaking a team - that it's going to take a howler during a big game to really force the issue probably.