June 05, 2006
Posted by Nick
A writer in The Herald laments that there is insufficient reliance on technology in soccer officiating.
It seems more than a mite odd that the imminent World Cup will still not be deploying advanced technology for referees during the 64 matches. Not for the first time some of us are asking: what is it with football - unlike rugby, tennis, cricket and most other mainstream sports - that it cannot get its head around the video age?
I am heartneed by this -- I am not a fan of too much technology in officiating, but I've an open mind about it. One argument that just doesn't cut it with me, tho, is this idea that because other sports have it, our sport must, too. That makes no sense -- sports are different not just in their rules and aims but in their aesthetics, tradition and on. So what might be good for one isn't always for another.
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Here's an interesting piece on new technologies for soccer fans. Here's what I'd like to see: Ringtones that all the fans in a stadium can download that they can play all at once -- they don't chant, their ringtones chant. You'd have to synchronize it, but I would think that's possible. It would be weird but very effective.
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Nick Schulz is the Editor of Tech Central Station and has worked in media circles and the ideas industry as a writer, editor, television producer and policy analyst. His writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Slate, The National Post of Canada, The Baltimore Sun, Investor's Business Daily, The Washington Times, National Review, Reason, Policy Review, and several other publications. He is also, it should be said, a rabid sports fan whose fandom is inversely proportional to his overall athletic ability.
