In its last qualification match against Ireland, the goal which granted France its ticket for the World Cup 2010 is going to trigger once more all sorts of debates on errors of arbitration.
We are presently living in a world at the edge of technological and digital advancements; so, why can’t all referees be assisted with the necessary equipment (e.g. review of videos on slow motion) in order to avoid such errors?
In most sports, codes of conduct exist to restrain competitors from acting unethically; so, why is nothing being done in the case of football? The players who were offside and the one who used his hand to deviate the ball, they did it consciously and kept playing. They were even celebrating over their shameless victory.
Why doesn’t the FIFA establish certain codes of conduct which will help curb such unethical behaviour on the part of players and restore some fair-play?
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ReplyDeleteThe concept of FIFA is that players play without technological assistance and this should also be the case of referees. Michel Platini said that we all accept that these players will do mistakes, even though it least recommendable, as such we should accept that the referees as well will do mistakes. This is human nature. So far his views hold. If it happens that we have football players practicing with GPRS and radio control or whatever electronically stuff, then for sure video camera will be introduced. Till then we will keep to witnessing mistakes from either players or referees.
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