Technology that could ruin or improve football?

[WanChaiMiller]

But what if players wore earpieces or headsets of some sort, so the manager can easily relay instructions to any individual player at any time? Would this improve the game or just complicate it? I don't think we're ready for it yet, but in the future who knows?

An earpiece was tried in cricket. Bob Woolmer gave a mike and earpiece to the on field captain when coach of South Africs but was banned almost immediately by ICC. I think part if the beauty of sport is to test players tactical intellengence under pressure that should not be taken away.

[frogmiller]

An earpiece was tried in cricket. Bob Woolmer gave a mike and earpiece to the on field captain when coach of South Africs but was banned almost immediately by ICC. I think part if the beauty of sport is to test players tactical intellengence under pressure that should not be taken away.

I thought that the Aussies had used the same technology in a test match before it was banned.