Is it even possible to remove subjectivity from the officiating? Words like ‘negligible’, ‘deliberate’ and ‘dangerous’ currently do a lot of the heavy lifting in the laws of the game, all of which are quantifiable and open to interpretation.

How could realistic technology, either now or in the future, help the officials with the black/white yes/no in/out decisions?

Constructive discussion only please.

  • npm93@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    I mean to answer your question I’d have goal line technology for every touchline. Takes one less job away from the assistant referee let’s them focus on the rest of the game.

    But you can’t take away subjectivity otherwise every foul is a card. Refs need to be able to make judgement calls about intent etc no rule book can cover every eventually.

    Maybe in the future advanced AI learning could compare a foul to 100s of others in a database and suggest a punishment to improve consistence but as long as refs are human and the game is played by humans it’ll be subjective.