Let the diving and blindness begin

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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.

my fear about having tv decisions around diving in the box is that refs would become like cricket umpires, who are so undermined by replay technology (and that's about to get worse) that they even refer blatant decisions to the 3rd umpire just in case they've somehow missed something. so we could have the match stopping every time somebody went down in the box. and then there'd be calls to extend it outside the box, of course, because diving is diving wherever it's done, so matches could end up lasting for hours!

[chuck]

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.

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.

[big screen satellite]

2 game banz

not enough in my opinion....

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Originally Posted by big screen satellite

not enough in my opinion....

you wouldn't've been saying that the last few seasons

[matt]

I still can't believe football doesn't use TV replays to decide on those occasions if a ball has crossed the line or not. It seems farcical when seconds later all those viewers at home can clearly see that the ball crossed the line. How hard would it be to introduce a rule where a fourth official watching on TV signals to the ref that the ball did in fact cross the line? Play wouldn't even have to be stopped.

Can't really see how it would help with diving incidents to be honest though as some of those are not at all clear cut even when viewing replays. Would seem fair though to introduce a rule where in cases of clear diving missed by the referee then retrospective punishments can be handed out - something like a year long ban ought to deter people. However I still think it's harsh as fuck on Eduardo as no such rule exists at present and why he was singled out is beyond me as there's been plenty more blatant ones in the last few years. Guess UEFA will do anything they can to impede the Premier League clubs Champions League aspirations this year.

And as for rugby, Quins deserve everything they get. Shame Leicester didn't get done too but they're a bit more subtle about it and Hipkiss wasn't stupid enough to wink when he came off with a "blood injury" moments before the penalty shoot out against Cardiff in the European Semi Finals last year.

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However I still think it's harsh as fuck on Eduardo as no such rule exists at present and why he was singled out is beyond me as there's been plenty more blatant ones in the last few years.

...actually, there is- it's just that uefa haven't had the balls or resources to enforce it. as long as they're consistent about enforcement, then fine - somebody had to be first to be singled-out; but it's the consistency that will probably be sadly lacking...