good news, IMO

[winterbadger]

from the 2008 US Soccer Federation Memorandum on Amendments to the Laws of the Game

"The IFAB [International Football Advisory Board] has decided that all experiments involving goal line technology are to be put on ice until further notice."

I would be sorry to see soccer start taking all sorts of techno-measures to "perfect" the game, mostly because these would take away from the human element of the game and instantly transform the world sport into two classes: one at the top where rich, first-world leagues have zoopy electronic equipment, and a huge underclass of football that would be played by the 99% of leagues who didn't have access to that technology. It would start with goal-line sensors, but it would go further, quickly, and begin making the games two entirely different sports. One of the glories of football is that what a bunch of kids do on dirt empty lot in the poorest slum is only marginally different from what happens every week in the EPL or the Bundesliga. I would hate to see that go away.

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[azbound.livejournal.com]

Obviously, you are far more footie invested than I - but I wholeheartedly agree with this decision, for all of the reasons you cited.

I think the great thing about football is that it doesn't take a huge investment to enjoy a love for the game.