Technology that could ruin or improve football?

[Hazza Has A Gazza]

We're still some way off getting VAR right. God help us all if this current set up ever becomes standard practice in every game. It's not really the system we hoped for and spent two decades calling for, but it's still wet behind the ears and there's plenty of scope for improvement.

So I wonder, what other types of technology could one day come into the game for better or worse?

Most clubs these days make their players wear those things that look like sports bra's, which I think are performance monitors that collect data from each individual player, of their performance. Like an advanced FitBit. - Good idea.

Referees and linesmen have earpieces so they can communicate easily - good idea, although they may as well not bother at times.
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?

Maybe players could one day players could wear some sort of sensors under their kit and boots, combined with a sensor inside the ball, that could instantly and accurately inform the officials exactly who's throw in it is, or whether it's a corner or a goal kick. Those little decisions can have a huge impact on games if they're wrong.

Thoughts and suggestions?

[Brin]

Hazza, reading what you’ve put, I’d say ‘welcome to robot football’ 😄

[millertop]

Apart from some officials need to step up I’d Leave it to human error before it kills atmosphere, not that will make any different to us.

[caytonmiller]

a colour changing ball that when it goes over the touch line it glows in the colour of the player to touch it last... we can get rid of the inept linesmen then as atm they are next to useless.

[hotun]

4 linesman after the Everton Millwall handball fiasco yesterday that would have been seen

[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.

[WanChaiMiller]

The real problem with football we are asking the video ref to judge on things like fouls which in the rules of the game is a matter of the opinion of the ref. Two people can watch the same footage and come to 2 different conclusions.

The problem with offside you need a camera dead in line with the offence. For it to work effectively you're going to need cameras all down the touch line.

In other sports sports video refs are asked to judge on fact. Like a run out or foot in touch or was the ball grounded or did the ball go forward, etc.

In cricket technology has allowed them to create a virtual reality in ball tracking for LBWs and snicko to see if its hit the bat. They make the decision totally on the outcome of the technology. Like if there is a spike on snicko it is assumed to have hit the bat. Its not a question of opinion of the third umpire.

[frogmiller]

I think that in rugby and Cricket is is posible becuaes in cricket they have times between balls being bowled and the finish time goes with the amount of overs or weather with the teams getting fined if they go over the limits. In Rugby they stop the clock and then play to when the ball is out of play whereas in football the ref is in charge of the time. Maybe if the fourth official or a time keeper was introduced into pro football then the people concerned would have the time to look into more decisions.

[Grist_To_The_Mill]

I don’t think we need any more technology.

What we need is a more serious use of what we’ve got. For example using the camera footage to enforce very large punishments for players caught diving, cheating or deliberately injuring other players. The current punishments are no deterrent they need to be much larger.

Eradicate cheating and there would hardly be any need for more technology.