[BostonCard]

Sounds similar to the Christiano Ronaldo situation, where two of the three games he was suspended for were deferred for a one year probation period. 

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/4...rd-ireland

I guess the difference is that the red card against Ronaldo was not controversial.  Still, it seems like there is one set of rules for certain players and another for other players.

Not sure what the complaints about the offside and ball sensor are; as long as there is a desire to remove the subjective aspect of some calls, whether it is line calls in Grand Slam Tennis events, ball/strike calls in MLB, or offsides calls in soccer, there will be a clamor for technological solutions or video review .  Personally, I think the subjectivity that comes with human referees/umpires is what makes the game real, but the fact that multiple professional sports are moving in this direction means that people want the machines to be making decisions or assisting decisions.

Will say that yesterday’s match between France and Paraguay, and the match going on right now, with Brazil and Norway, video review overturned a penalty non-call that clearly should have been a penalty in both cases.

BC

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LOL, seen on twitter:

On the one hand, the red card was a terrible call.  On the other hand, reversing an unappealable call is terrible for FIFA’s credibility.

On the third hand, FIFA never had any credibility, so whatever.

BC

[BostonCard]

Sounds similar to the Christiano Ronaldo situation, where two of the three games he was suspended for were deferred for a one year probation period. 

https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/4...rd-ireland

I guess the difference is that the red card against Ronaldo was not controversial.  Still, it seems like there is one set of rules for certain players and another for other players.

Not sure what the complaints about the offside and ball sensor are; as long as there is a desire to remove the subjective aspect of some calls, whether it is line calls in Grand Slam Tennis events, ball/strike calls in MLB, or offsides calls in soccer, there will be a clamor for technological solutions or video review .  Personally, I think the subjectivity that comes with human referees/umpires is what makes the game real, but the fact that multiple professional sports are moving in this direction means that people want the machines to be making decisions or assisting decisions.

Will say that yesterday’s match between France and Paraguay, and the match going on right now, with Brazil and Norway, video review overturned a penalty non-call that clearly should have been a penalty in both cases.

BC

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LOL, seen on twitter:

On the one hand, the red card was a terrible call.  On the other hand, reversing an unappealable call is terrible for FIFA’s credibility.

On the third hand, FIFA never had any credibility, so whatever.

BC