Summary: The Video Replay Debate

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It’s The World Cup 2014, the biggest stage in professional soccer. Mexico might make history by finally qualifying for the quarter finals as they are evenly matched between the Netherlands as the game is about to go into extra time due to a draw at 1 point. But suddenly, this dream is coming to an end. The referee has just made a shocking call to award the Netherlands a penalty after a very controversial foul on a Dutch player in the last minutes of the game. The Dutch score and Mexico have been eliminated and the dream is over. Could there be any way to prevent such a heartbreaking scene? In The Video Replay Debate, Stewart Coggin argues the need for instant video replays to be implemented into professional soccer to increase the accuracy of the decisions made by the …show more content…

Their decision making skills impact the game a lot as one bad call is able to determine the entire outcome of the game, but the referees are only human. They are not able to get every call correct, they are bound to make a bad call every once in awhile. This imperfection, however, affects the game entirely. This is where technology is needed. Instant video replays can assist referees in decision making in order to make the correct call. They would be able to review the previous play and make a reasonable decision based off a closer observation. This would be better because making a call based on the live observation is harder since the play occurs very fast and it may be harder to make the right conclusion on it. After the Mexico and Netherlands game, many sports analysts reviewed the replay of the play where the foul was called and the penalty was given and concluded that the penalty should have not been awarded. Had there been instant video replays already implemented into the game, the referee would’ve observed the play and concluded that there was no foul on the Dutch player and they should not be awarded a

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