Recently when the International Football Association Board met in Gleneagles former Scottish player Gordon Smith was keen to talk to FIFA president Sepp Blatter about use of video evidence to retrospectively punish players for diving. But we have always felt that the best use of such a policy would be to punish the more damaging aspect of modern football--physical play.
Today, in the wake of the Ashley Cole tackle on Alan Hutton, Rafa Benitez has come out in favour of using video evidence to protect skillful players:
"I have always felt that video evidence should be used after a game for disciplinary matters...You can find things, you can protect players for the next game...Everyone will see that players have to be careful, they will say 'I can't do this again because I could be banned on what the video shows'...To me it is clear, you do not need to change the game, you just need to analyse what has happened...If players get banned for three games the first week it is done, then three games on the second week and more on the third, it will soon stop...I don't want to talk about just Ronaldo or Torres. Skilful players must be protected. We need to help referees and we need to look at the video afterwards to see what has happened. "
We at TBGSE have been saying this all along. It is true, the game need not be changed. All that needs to happen is that everyone starts to more closely adhere to the laws of football. And if video evidence puts a little fear into players and the managers who instruct them, then the we will get closer to the playing of the beautiful game.
Source > 21.03.2008
"I have always felt that video evidence should be used after a game for disciplinary matters...You can find things, you can protect players for the next game...Everyone will see that players have to be careful, they will say 'I can't do this again because I could be banned on what the video shows'...To me it is clear, you do not need to change the game, you just need to analyse what has happened...If players get banned for three games the first week it is done, then three games on the second week and more on the third, it will soon stop...I don't want to talk about just Ronaldo or Torres. Skilful players must be protected. We need to help referees and we need to look at the video afterwards to see what has happened. "
We at TBGSE have been saying this all along. It is true, the game need not be changed. All that needs to happen is that everyone starts to more closely adhere to the laws of football. And if video evidence puts a little fear into players and the managers who instruct them, then the we will get closer to the playing of the beautiful game.
Source > 21.03.2008
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