[WC] World Cup 2010 - General Talk Thread (42 Viewers)
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That's my point. There's no way of knowing how games would have gone. What you're left with now is only the certainty that this is not the way things would have gone had the right calls been made. Holland might have reached the final anyway, they might also not have. France might have qualified, they might not have. Mexico might have won against Argentina, they might not have. England might have won against Germany, they might not have. The only thing that is certain is that with the right calls, the games would have been different. If the outcome would have been different, we cannot know.
I can say though that this World Cup should be the beginning of the use of technology. If it isn't, the game is going to die. You cannot expect a linesman to get all the calls right today, because the players are moving so fast, the ball is moving so fast and everyone is doing anything they can to somehow get an advantage. If you don't help the referees right now, they will become the ones who will decide everything in five or ten years time. Not because they want to decide anything, but because their actions will be completely random.
I can say though that this World Cup should be the beginning of the use of technology. If it isn't, the game is going to die. You cannot expect a linesman to get all the calls right today, because the players are moving so fast, the ball is moving so fast and everyone is doing anything they can to somehow get an advantage. If you don't help the referees right now, they will become the ones who will decide everything in five or ten years time. Not because they want to decide anything, but because their actions will be completely random.
