Referee says sorry

[Bloemfonteinbilly]

Listening to Ollie's post match rant about the penalty awarded during the Bristol game, I was astonished to hear that he regularly writes to the Referees' Association complaining about the injustice of certain penalties given against us. Apparently, on many occasions, they write back apologising that they had made an error this time! What? So these lost points could mean relegation or promotion for a team and they are sorry?
If what Ollie is saying is true, then surely, with all the money in football, can't there be a better method of determining whether a penalty is or is not a penalty?

 

[Sooperhoop]

Listening to Ollie's post match rant about the penalty awarded during the Bristol game, I was astonished to hear that he regularly writes to the Referees' Association complaining about the injustice of certain penalties given against us. Apparently, on many occasions, they write back apologising that they had made an error this time! What? So these lost points could mean relegation or promotion for a team and they are sorry?
If what Ollie is saying is true, then surely, with all the money in football, can't there be a better method of determining whether a penalty is or is not a penalty?

The technology is there, they just don't want to undermine the officials more than they already do by not using it. TV highlights cock-ups every day of the week...

 

[mapleranger]

I recall an incident in a baseball game in the US where a call was made by an umpire and the in-stadium video machine replayed the play showing that the umpire had made the correct call - the umpires in that game marched off the field threatening to end the game only returning when the stadium promised they would cease and desist from undermining the match officials. Now in American and Canadian football a manager can challenge some of the calls on the field but far easier to do in N Am football than in real football where the run of play is much longer and the clock doesn't stop