Football is a sport where there hasn’t been much of a technology used. The referee decisions matter the most and it is a sport where a team can get unlucky by a bad call from a referee. In recent years the biggest technology advancement happened in football is the Goal-Line Technology. This technology has been successful in this current FIFA World Cup and might get permanent in major leagues around the globe especially knowing how important it has been.
So what is this technology and how is it used? Well it is simple actually. Goal-Line Technology is a technology used to detect whether the ball has crossed the Goal line, as sometimes there are moments when it is difficult to know whether it was a goal or not but this technology has removed the doubt and made it clear to know whether it is a goal or not. It works with different systems there are many dedicated cameras which detect the movement of the ball and the Hawk-Eye technology is used. As the ball passes the line it automatically sends an alert to the referee’s watch through which the referee can make the decision. Amazing isn’t it?
Well now is it enough to have goal line technology as there are some important offside decisions which go wrong or even some major penalty decisions especially seeing how major players try to mug the referee into giving a foul or red card by diving and play acting. Some might argue that it will destroy the beauty of the game, well it is true as with technology 99% of decisions might go correct but it will not have that natural thing, that olden times where it was all in the referee’s hands while now it will be all in the computer’s hand.
– Jainam Jhaveri
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