Sport isn't life. That's why they call it sport. BTW, I will be interested to see if you can come up with some data.
I remember Blatter saying that at the time. The sentiment is great but in practice it is a big fat lie. All levels of the game the same? Try telling a referee to "F**k off' to his face in a Sunday morning game and see how many more minutes you play...whereas if you play for Manchester United et al, the referee will say it is a professional environment and industrial language is sometimes heard [I know this goes on by having tales related to me by people who are/were involved in the game at the top level].
Which is why what the referee's mike picks up should be broadcast live, or at least recorded, just as in international rugby. Retrospective action could then include "violence of the tongue", as the ref who sent dear old Rattin off in 1966 said.
Microphones in rugby are used to explain decisions to the crowd and TV audience. In football they are used for refs to communicate with each other. I am fairly sure they don't want those (probably quite frank) conversations broadcast to the world.
Why not put down some details of how it might work so we can judge whether it really is possible? Practical details, whether feasible now or in future. That is, after all, the purpose of the thread. Vin
It could only expose them to more criticism, in exchange for no benefit. When Mark Clattenburg made some off hand comment about Adam Lallana it was in the media for weeks. Why? Because someone at Saints wanted to make a pointless issue out of it for our own advantage.
Sorry, not read all of this but I have two points: 1. In cricket, anything marginal, even if proving the umpire wrong, is given umpire's call and the decision is not overturned. That would work for football. 2. Why don't players wear chipped shirts which automatically show who is offside? Would get rid of this "his left elbow was off" crap.
It might be. You can't say it won't be within any justification. I think common sense would tell us that there would be more stops and therefore less flow. I'd like it fairer for sure, which is one reason why I keep coming back to training the referees. Invest in the people with some minor technology changes and see what happens. Better training = better refs... potentially.
