Vote Yes on Goal-line Technology

Tomorrow could mark a potentially groundbreaking moment in football as the powers that be will vote on whether to introduce goal-line technology into the game.

Many (including me) have been calling for technology to be introduced for quite a while now and have been left frustrated at having to sit back and watch other sports, not only embrace the technology but incorporate it in such a way that it has now become an asset to the sport.

Which makes it harder for me to comprehend that as football is the world’s most popular sport, it has yet to buy into technology that is not that expensive and can only benefit the game.

Those who are against technology argue that human error is part of the game and that if goal-line technology is introduced that will mean that technology will be introduced for everything.

Both of these arguments are wrong and those that hold them are in my opinion mistaken, firstly lets assess the notion that human error is part of the game.

It is, but now the technology is available that can help eradicate these errors, then surely we evolve the game and accept that part of the evolution is technology, if you applied this thinking to other aspects of life then we humans would still be living in caves.

We are living in a technological age, all the top footballers are reliant on the latest technological and medical advancements to get the best out of their ability, so bringing that onto the pitch surely makes sense.

The second argument of where do you draw the line on the surface makes more sense but is equally as wrong, there is a thinking that if you have technology that tells you whether the ball has crossed the line why not whether someone was offside etc.

You can easily eradicate this problem by agreeing to introduce only goal-line technology and nothing else, the whole point of technology is that it deals in definitives in tennis the ball is either on the line or out, in cricket the batsman is either safe or out, in Rugby its either a try or not, if you kept this principle for football then there won’t be a problem, it’s either a goal or not end of.

Please vote yes introduce the technology and ensure football is brought into the modern technological age.