Andre Arjona-Gomez
Humanities - Char Engle
Phin-s Kru
3/9/17
Goal line technology
When modern football was first played in the 19th century, it was admired for the simplicity and speed of the game. It was discovered that it was used in ancient China, Egypt and Rome, even if their form of play wasn't exactly the same as the football we watch now. Since football has been a fast-moving sport, with minimal interruptions in the game, over history it has been able to remain simple. Even with technological advancement, football has been able to stay original while other sports have adapted to technology but also become more complicated and less versatile.
True, football has adopted some technology. But the question of whether people should have technology in football, or as it’s known in America, soccer, creates lots of controversy. Football has been around for many years, and has evolved to be one of the world’s most enduring and popular sports. Fair play is when the right decisions are called and no one is faking injuries, known as flopping, too much. When football was created, it was meant to be fast and minimalist, and now technology is mostly used to keep the players safe and make fair plays. Some technology football has adopted is the improvement of the balls, shoes and shinguards. The shoes have been improved to make them lighter, safer for the players, and more comfortable to their feet. The balls have been improved to give more control and have better effects when the players touch it, and they've also made them lighter than they used to be. The shin guards have been improved to protect the players from getting injured.
However, the two most controversial technology topics are goal line technology and video replay technology. Goal line technology is based off seven cameras around each goal placed in different angles observing the goal line. Whenever the ball completely crosses the line, the cameras sends a vibration to the referee's watch indicating to him or her that it's a goal. All of this proof is gathered and sent in less than one second which makes the play fair but doesn't take up much time from the game. In contrast, video replay technology, basically like the technology used in American football where the players call for a challenge, causes the referee to stop the game to look at the video replay and be able to indicate the right decision.
The pros of having technology in football are many. One pro of having technology is that it moves the game closer to fair play. The advantage of this is that fewer players will get hurt and the player who faked the foul will be penalized instead of the victim that didn't actually do the foul.
A con of having technology in football is that it will cost a lot of money to install all of that in more that 200 stadiums. First, it will cost a lot for labor and the sophisticated technology that is really expensive. Also, football was made to be kept simple but people are trying to find ways to improve; however, instead they are taking the fun out of it and looking like all other modern sports.
Humanities - Char Engle
Phin-s Kru
3/9/17
Goal line technology
When modern football was first played in the 19th century, it was admired for the simplicity and speed of the game. It was discovered that it was used in ancient China, Egypt and Rome, even if their form of play wasn't exactly the same as the football we watch now. Since football has been a fast-moving sport, with minimal interruptions in the game, over history it has been able to remain simple. Even with technological advancement, football has been able to stay original while other sports have adapted to technology but also become more complicated and less versatile.
True, football has adopted some technology. But the question of whether people should have technology in football, or as it’s known in America, soccer, creates lots of controversy. Football has been around for many years, and has evolved to be one of the world’s most enduring and popular sports. Fair play is when the right decisions are called and no one is faking injuries, known as flopping, too much. When football was created, it was meant to be fast and minimalist, and now technology is mostly used to keep the players safe and make fair plays. Some technology football has adopted is the improvement of the balls, shoes and shinguards. The shoes have been improved to make them lighter, safer for the players, and more comfortable to their feet. The balls have been improved to give more control and have better effects when the players touch it, and they've also made them lighter than they used to be. The shin guards have been improved to protect the players from getting injured.
However, the two most controversial technology topics are goal line technology and video replay technology. Goal line technology is based off seven cameras around each goal placed in different angles observing the goal line. Whenever the ball completely crosses the line, the cameras sends a vibration to the referee's watch indicating to him or her that it's a goal. All of this proof is gathered and sent in less than one second which makes the play fair but doesn't take up much time from the game. In contrast, video replay technology, basically like the technology used in American football where the players call for a challenge, causes the referee to stop the game to look at the video replay and be able to indicate the right decision.
The pros of having technology in football are many. One pro of having technology is that it moves the game closer to fair play. The advantage of this is that fewer players will get hurt and the player who faked the foul will be penalized instead of the victim that didn't actually do the foul.
A con of having technology in football is that it will cost a lot of money to install all of that in more that 200 stadiums. First, it will cost a lot for labor and the sophisticated technology that is really expensive. Also, football was made to be kept simple but people are trying to find ways to improve; however, instead they are taking the fun out of it and looking like all other modern sports.