To all Arsenal fans, damn UEFA for that ban on Eduardo for diving after reviewing his dive on camera. It will definitely set a precedent for future controversies. The power vested upon a referee as match official is to allow how to judge a game on his judgement during the moment and his decisions should be final. To have to resort to video evidence for every incident of clouded judgement would be riduculous! Imagine clubs digging up and showing evidences over every little thing and questioning the decision of the man in control. It creates a farce. The referee will lose respect, authority and power. I believe that the governing bodies should really reconsider such things liek allowing video evidence for trivial matters. Eduardo dived, got booked and thats it. He has picked up an offence and that yellow card might inconvenience him in the future. Such petty claims should be limited for the sake of the game else it get so complicated, it removes the passion and beauty of it.
On another note, a transfer ban seems real harsh for Chelsea and potentially Man United over their apparent poaching of young talents. The fact that they can do so stems from their accumulated wealth. Unethical yes, and i fully agree that it does a grave injustice to the nurturing club in terms of potential profits fromt he sale of the player. The game is slowly becoming seedy with the satellite industries bringing the game down into the gutters as they chase for profits wrought from the lives of others. Something needs to be done. Bring on dystopic Orwellian control and fan run companies instead of privately owned clubs, the latest fad amongst the mega wealthy.
I miss and long for the past where passion and loyalty to club ruled the game instead of the passion and hunger for the dollar/pound/euro etc etc.
Was the player's dream to play for the club? Or the money and cash rich status that he gets from playing for the club.
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Kind of ironic, considering FIFA has always been objecting the proposal of using technology such as goal-line sensors or instant video replays to ascertain doubtful events that arise during matches.
ReplyDeleteThey say that such technology takes out the excitement and thrills and brings down the entertainment value of the sport, yada yada. But i guess most or in fact all of us soccer fans would rather have a few seconds of delay to verify the situation, rather than see a team robbed of a perfectly legitimate goal, or have a player get away with a blatant foul or cheating act.
Well, how long does it take for a Forth or Fifth or Sixth official(if FIFA likes it) by the sidelines to check out the instant replay? Less than 10 seconds i suppose. So is that 10 seconds worth it if it can prevent the huge furore and controversy that ensues a bad decision by the Ref?
Yes, a retrospective decision was taken to ban Eduardo for his cheating antics. Sure it is justice served on the player's part. But how about the penalty given? Can FIFA say that since it was a dive, it should not have been a penalty in the first place, and hence, the goal scored from that penalty be erased, and henceforth the score be recorded as 2-1 instead of 3-1?
No can they? Even if FIFA officials suddenly acquire the IQs of rocket scientists and find what i typed above to make sense, where will the whole thing lead to? Where does it end? Should they go about reviewing every match to sieve out all the dubious decisions? Should Hull City be stripped of goals scored through penalties that should not have been given, and hence points deducted accordingly, hence making Newcastle stay up instead of them? You get what i'm getting at?
So, if they want to start doing this and review the decisions made by referees, i hope they are consistent going about it, at the very least.
with so much money for established players i guess some clubs r findin ways to avoid it.. I guess teams like lens n le havre are also guilty of exploitation from their players
ReplyDeleteI believe that it is overly hyped up. FIFA and the European FAs would want to make examples of the clubs and players for their wrong actions but do not have the full power to keep up with such actions. It would be really interesting to see how this issue unravels in future.
ReplyDeleteOn another note, doesn't the soccer or sports news in the straits times seem like nonsense?