http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22126245
The soccer world has had on-going controversy over goals that are scored that either cross the goal-line or do not cross it. Referees have had a hard time making calls for when this situation happens in a game. Sometimes this goal-line controversy could result in an unwanted outcome for a team or alters how a soccer game is played. To solve this issue a device called, "Hawk-eye" was made in order to end this goal-line issue. The device will be installed and mounted in stadiums all over the world to try and avoid any future problems in soccer games. The inventor of Hawk-eye has made a deal with the Barclays Primer League in England over the next five years, that the device will be installed in over twenty stadiums throughout the country. This deal is rumored to be around ten million British pounds. The device was bought by the electronic giants of Sony and they are now looking to expand it into more markets all around the world. This industry remains relatively small because there are only two companies in this market. It will be interesting to see how these new goal-line technology devices affect games in the future. The competitor of the Hawk-eye device is a German device called, "GoalControl." This market could potentially be very lucrative because there are millions of people who play soccer all around the world and there thousands of soccer stadiums for professional clubs all over the globe as well. This is the most played sport in the world and there will be a high demand for this product in multiple nations and at big sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup and the European Cup.
This is a great idea almost every sport uses some sort of camera to decipher between points. Basketball has a hoop came where they can judge if it was goal tending or not, football has a sideline came to see if the football crossed the plane and if they should call a touchdown or not. I believe the invention of HawkEye will clear up alot of uncertainty not only in the league but I believe this device will be adopted by the rest of the soccer world. Don't be surprised if you see this device in Brazil in 2014.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more with this decision. I think this will help immensely with the structure of the game and allow teams to no longer worry about officiating errors when it comes to goals. There is a reason why many other sports use some sort of replay system and it is about time soccer joined the club. This decision will only be beneficial for all parties involved.
ReplyDeleteI've seen many games in my life, even played in some, where a goal has been allowed or disallowed incorrectly. It does dramatically change how the game flows and the mentalities of the two teams. It is interesting that Sony got involved cause I believe that Sony is one of the most innovative companies in the electronics market. It will be interesting to see how this technology progresses, whether it will fail or succeed, but if it does succeed our children won't know about the game of soccer without the goal line technology.
ReplyDeleteI think adding in cameras is probably the right move. We all saw how bad the replacement refs were in football. However, sports are a game of errors, mess ups and human mistakes. Refs will make mistakes at times just as the players do. There should be a limit to what technology does as well as it is a human game and sometimes we forget so are the refs. It will always be a fun debate.
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