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Instant video evidence for every top-flight and international soccer match should be introduced
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introducing technology to assist referees in making judgment helps protect the players introducing instant video playback in assisting referees to make judgments makes the competition fairer	referees might become over-reliant on the technology technology, instant video consulting would slow down and halt the flow of the game technology would undermine the authority of the referees and officials introducing too many technologies to soccer match will render the game cold and computerized

introducing technology to assist referees in making judgment helps protect the players
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instant video playback deters defenders from committing any serious foul against the attacking players on the field with the hope of evading the referee's eyes

introducing instant video playback in assisting referees to make judgments makes the competition fairer
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instant video playback helps capture what is really happening on the football field, minimizing the referee's chance of making an incorrect judgment introducing instant video evidence helps prevent any diving, shirt-pulling, feigning injury and other negative plays from happening during the match

introducing instant video evidence helps prevent any diving, shirt-pulling, feigning injury and other negative plays from happening during the match
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there would be no incentive to dive or to pretend to be punched when someone in the stands can alert the referee immediately to the play-acting	the FIFA has already introduced retrospective punishment against any play-act and serious foul in the game to deter players from committing any unfair play

the FIFA has already introduced retrospective punishment against any play-act and serious foul in the game to deter players from committing any unfair play
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	it is rational that any player would rather dive to earn his side a penalty during the World Cup final in return for a one match ban afterwards

it is rational that any player would rather dive to earn his side a penalty during the World Cup final in return for a one match ban afterwards
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	the player could also be booked and sent off it would be rational but it would not be sporting

there would be no incentive to dive or to pretend to be punched when someone in the stands can alert the referee immediately to the play-acting
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	referees do not base decisions on the opinion of 'someone in the stands'

technology, instant video consulting would slow down and halt the flow of the game
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	on the other hand, instant video evidence helps prevent time wasted for dealing with complains in contentious decisions, feigning injuries during the game other sports like rugby, cricket have also employed the same methods, while no big problem to the flow of the game is observed so far double-checking contentious decisions causes less than a minute

technology would undermine the authority of the referees and officials
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professional referees will become redundant if technology is introduced to give judgment for the game	referees are not infallible, as serious mistakes in judgment, which altered the final result and ruined the game, were committed in the past it is the authority of the judgment per se, instead of that of the one who judge, that matters

referees are not infallible, as serious mistakes in judgment, which altered the final result and ruined the game, were committed in the past
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for example, Maradona's "hand of god" goal in 1982 World Cup quarter final match, and Geoff Hurst's controversial second goal in 1966 World Cup final match

professional referees will become redundant if technology is introduced to give judgment for the game
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	technology would assist referees, not replace them

introducing too many technologies to soccer match will render the game cold and computerized
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it is the liability to faulty, unpredictable or even unfair decision, i.e. human fallibility, that makes the game so exciting and attractive

it is the liability to faulty, unpredictable or even unfair decision, i.e. human fallibility, that makes the game so exciting and attractive
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	lack of fairness does not make the game more attractive