I think so. There is certainly an odd reluctance to introduce things that would remove some of the subjectivity, such as video replays. These have been shown to be effective in other games (indeed, to add another level of tension and excitement) and yet football continues to resist them. Why? I suspect there's an attachment to the antiquated in football that is at odds with its modern image.
It is to indicate that corruption is football is possible. Referees, for whatever reason, can display bias, and bias is corruption. To believes that Dean is merely incompetent, and not biased, is a reasonable position to take. It is not reasonable, however, to automatically rule out any possibility of foul play as childish or paranoid fantasy, when foul play can happen, and has happened.
So we have to examine the evidence. For example: Does Dean consistently think that a ball striking the arm from a yard away while held in front of the body is a handball? Apparently not, according to the decision he made in a game involving Leicester.
Who is Dean's boss?
Has Dean's boss ever suggested gross incompetence in his own refereeing career?
Was he rewarded or penalised for this?
Why is this relevant?
Partially that was Blatter holding the game back - he refused to countenance the idea of technology and his word was law. No coincidence that we will have VAR at the World Cup and everywhere from next season now he is out of the way. Though it is still a pretty flawed system at the moment from what I have seen in the German game.
And the laws will remain the same regardless, despite some of them being ridiculous. I mean in the cold light of day, we can admit that Hector "probably" fouled the cheating little Belgian **** the other night, but in what insane system should that equate to almost an automatic goal (or with Cech in nets, an dead-cert goal). Makes very little sense
It will never take away the ref's opinion... who is to say when contact becomes a foul? Are we going to have 4 or 5 pens every game from shirt pulling at corners?
In Cricket there is little scope for opinion, there is Umpire's call but apart from that there isn't much of a grey area (there are obvious ones that could be questioned, but these are few and far between)
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