Digital Magazine Class 32 Volume 1 May 2013 | Page 4

Should Goal-Line Technology Be Introduced To Football

I s football coming into the 21st century ? If rugby uses goal line technology and tennis and cricket uses hawk-eye technology , why doesn ’ t football use this technology too ? Goal line technology is great because it helps games move along smoothly and quickly . FIFA is already

Hawk-eye technology in action
For example FIFA want hawk-eye to be :
Fast- they want it to show the referee within 1 sec .
Robust- FIFA wants not a single point of failure .
Non-Invasive- the hawk-eye tech . can be installed without having to adapt the ball or goalposts and it can work in all countries . Hawk-eye technology is 100 % confident that post match reckonings will soon be gone . trying to bring in goal line technology in the form of Hawk-eye tech .

F ootball is hoping to add goal line and hawk-eye technology to help their games move more smoothly . However football is a bit picky and has standards they want the technology to be .