Is it a goal or not?

Use of Technology in Sports has been debated over and over in the previous years. Those who love the traditional way of managing believes that advent of new gadgets has made the game lose its charms. Errors in human judgement need to be a part of the game. Because these errors create anger, disbelief and sadness. These extreme emotions are very much part of a sport.

Those in favour thinks otherwise. A game should be evaluated on the basis of the capabilities of those involved with it. If new technology helps this cause, then it should be used. I am a bit confused. I find merits in both arguments.

But what surprises me is the crudeness of technology used. The Goal line technology in football is used to find whether the ball has completely crossed the goal line or not. It is unfortunate that this is still done by goal line camera. Even though high resulution devices are used, the system is prone to error. Why do we still use this system inspite of having better technology. Nike, for instance, has developed a chip which can be inserted into the ball which can send out signals to the referee's watch. The "middle of the road" approach cannot do anything else but harm; to the game, those managing it and more importantly to those watching it. (No prizes for anyone who guessed that the team I supported yesterday was at the wrong end of the decision)