World Cup 2010, Referee or FIFA's Fault?
World Cup 2010, Referee or FIFA's Fault?
World Cup 2010, Referee or FIFA's Fault?
All eyes are currently focused on the FIFA world cup 2010. Excellent organization, perfect media coverage, well experienced and trained referees, and peak-performing play All aspects of this event rely on the latest technological breakthrough, including 3D TV broadcasting, as hundreds of millions watch these modern day gladiators square-off on the green.
Keen observers will readily notice the top physical, mental, and technical performance of the players, and the great leap from even the last cup, a mere four years ago. Not only that, but this substantial progress, subsequent to the immense investment (financial and technical) effort, is now sustainable for the whole duration of the match, and has even trickled to the much younger, poorer, or less-experienced teams. This goes a long way into explaining why some of the "bigger" names have fallen to (theoretically) "lesser" teams, which are now steaming towards the quarter finals, normally the hunting ground of the historical elite.
On the second round, under the watchful eyes of hundreds of millions of people, and the high definition, high frame rate footage of the latest cameras, we are rewarded with injustices such as those occurring in the Germany vs England, and Argentina vs Mexico. (USA vs. Slovenia in the first round comes to mind too.)
The FIFA 2010 world is a global event, full with high-tech prowess, from actors to audience, and everything in between, including satellite imagery, high definition and 3D transmission, real capacity to review events from all and any angle a mere second after their occurrence, and we get some of the worst refereeing we've seen. Or at least, refereeing we should not be seeing anymore. A referee can receive live footage to (say) a pair of glasses just as he rushed to the scene. The ball can be embedded with a chip broadcasting its exact location. It works for a tennis ball ten times smaller, three times faster. What we are witnessing in terms of flawed refereeing is a great insult to the world of soccer, and a grave injury to both the (any) wronged team (mental setbacks often cost them the game, and leave a permanent scar) and the nation(s) behind it, especially since the technology to prevent that is available, as commercial off-the-shelf systems, which only need basic fitting into the exiting system. Until that is done, FIFA will keep on sending the "wrongest" of messages about the most popular sport to the largest audience. Make no mistake, FIFA is the sole culprit in this. The referees cannot bear the responsibilities of these incidents. This sporting event which sends a global messages to a huge audience cannot be consecrated with a "Legends of Soccer" title to players who score with their hands, or in off-side situations even as such mistakes are shown in slow motion fractions of a second after their occurrence, in some cases before the referee has made it to the incident point!
FIFA must act quickly and do whatever it takes to give the rest of the world cup a fair image. Keeping the current state will affect the sport in a negative way and thus hurt our athletes, their audience, football's epic history, and will go as far as lowering viewers' fidelity. FIFA has to act as the top tier institution that it is, acknowledge its mistakes, and make immediate course corrections. The funds are, (apparently in extremely large amounts) and the audience is waiting. If soccer is all about higher ethics and fair play, FIFA has a lot of catching up to do. We are watching. From all angles.
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