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Sad news for vuvuzelas fans - they will not be allowed in Wimbledon!
Originally Posted by Carlo Medina
I admit that I am not a fan of soccer and this world cup is not doing anything to change my mind. First there's those loud and extremely irritating zuzus or whatever they're called. Than the disallowed goal taking away an American victory. I know any sport is going to get its share of bad calls. What I find astounding is the referee is not required to explain what the call was. The players left the field not knowing what the infraction was. To my knowledge, there is still no announced reason for the call. Was it offsides or a foul? No one knows.
I don't know of a major American sport in which you don't know within minutes and usually seconds what the call is, bad as it may be. This kind of thing in soccer just makes it more difficult to take the sport seriously.
If I squint my eyes I can just barely see the thinnest, flimsiest, shred of logic in that thinking. However, requiring the ref to state the reason for his call does not cost money. Oh maybe they'd use an extra pencil or two to write down the foul, but that would be the extent of the expense. To not require that means the ref can make any call he wants just because he doesn't like the way the player parts his hair. There is no justification for the lack of that requirement.Originally Posted by Yee-Ming
Unfortunately, FIFA has this rather quaint theory that the game should be played under substantially the same rules at all levels of the game. Hence, no video replays allowed at the highest levels of the professional game, despite millions of pounds/dollars being at stake, since video replay would not be available in a Sunday league amateur game. Similarly, no requirement that the ref explain to the rest of the world why he made the call he did.
Originally Posted by Johnny Angell /forum/thread/301342/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/30#post_3702884