tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734361149829605424.post2962472318715462114..comments2022-03-05T01:57:33.304+00:00Comments on Flaws Of The Game: The End Of Another Predictable SeasonJoe Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09052062964150037513noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5734361149829605424.post-92190262441244589232011-05-30T21:28:20.317+01:002011-05-30T21:28:20.317+01:00You've highlighted the big problem. Football i...You've highlighted the big problem. Football is popular enough to get away without reform. Compare it with Rugby union, which despite being typecast as a very conservative game has actually about as healthy a relationship with technology as a sport can have - it's become a valuable part of the game, but it hasn't become the game itself.<br /><br />At this point it'd be remiss of me not to highlight a very important hypocrisy in FIFA's relation to technology - in that despite their cliche that technology must not be allowed to interfere with the game, they already allow it to do just that with the unproven and deeply flawed balls Adidas introduced at the two most recent World Cups. Now I'm not suggesting going back to the leather cannonballs of the 40s - of course not! But common sense says that if the 32-panel Tango was good enough for Diego Maradona in 1986 and Roberto Baggio in 1990 to score top quality individual goals it's good enough for today's players, end of story.RMBnoreply@blogger.com