Blatter calls for a two-referee system

[Sagy]

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=ap-wcup2018-rotationpolicy&prov=ap&type=lgns

The last line in this article might be of a particular interest for people in this forum
Refereeing should be improved and Blatter said that a two-referee system would soon be tested to keep the sport from relying on the goal-line technology.

He is probably taking about two CR + two AR system, but you never know when it comes to his crazy ideas. I don't like this, if we want to address goal line issues add two Goal Referees (one for each goal) whose job is to watch if the ball is over the goal line. I can even see adding a Goal Area Referees whose job is to assist the CR in both Goal line call and other events in the area around the goal. But two CRs seems like a bad solution to this issue.

[Ref Flunkie]

You would think in this day of technology that it would be pretty easy to come up with some sort of system to look at goal line calls. I don't see how adding another referee on the field would help this, as none of them would be on the line to help with long, quick shots, which is where the problems usually arise.

[Gary V]

Has the Septic Bladder really forgotten that such a system was tried and rejected just a few short years ago?

[refontherun]

Has the Septic Bladder really forgotten that such a system was tried and rejected just a few short years ago?

The first time I heard of the two-man system, my first thought was that it is very similar to basketball. After using the system in NFHS games for several years, I can't see how anyone could possibly think it would be an improvement. Especially at the international level.

If we start adding more referees, then it starts to to take on aspects of pointy football. After that, what's next? The role of the referee has already gone from mediator to arbitrator. Goal line technology might be a good thing at pro and international levels, but it will never be seen and the grassroots level. Maybe it's best to keep it out of the game altogether. I think it's just another monopoly waiting to happen. As SB said at the end of the article, "The game will lose its fun and no longer be a talking point among fans."

[DerbyRam54]

What he's probably talking about is an upcoming proposal from FIFA to IFAB to allow the use on a trial basis of additional 'goalmouth' referees.
http://au.sports.yahoo.com/news/article/-/521458/international-board-consider-standard-sized-pitches
The real throwaway line in that article is the proposal to 'revise the overall wording' of the LOTG...:D

[ctreferee]

I know a former national referee who once upon a time was part of the USSF's test of the 2 referee 2 AR system. He was not a big fan of it and felt that the referees were constnatly put in places where they were right in the middle of play, interefering way too much. He didnt go into much detail about the actual system though.

[Ref Flunkie]

Goal line technology might be a good thing at pro and international levels, but it will never be seen and the grassroots level. Maybe it's best to keep it out of the game altogether. I think it's just another monopoly waiting to happen. As SB said at the end of the article, "The game will lose its fun and no longer be a talking point among fans."

Other sports with instant replay/goal line tech don't have it at the lower levels either. Make it available when you can, and if you don't have it, so be it.

[refontherun]

What he's probably talking about is an upcoming proposal from FIFA to IFAB to allow the use on a trial basis of additional 'goalmouth' referees.
http://au.sports.yahoo.com/news/article/-/521458/international-board-consider-standard-sized-pitches
The real throwaway line in that article is the proposal to 'revise the overall wording' of the LOTG...:D

The term "overall wording" is just a bit too ambiguous for my liking. As the LOTG are written, discretion is given to the referee to use his "fingersplizengefuhl" (feeling for the game) when making decisions regarding play. Yes, I'm quoting from the ATR.

When watching a game between highly skilled, evenly matched teams, discretion in the hands of a skilled referee, only adds to the beauty of the game. When I hear talk about making the rules "more concrete and easier to understand", that sounds to me like an effort to minimize that discretion and thereby the very nature of the game itself.

[ranova]

Have to agree with that. The secret to success is found in the quality of the people, not in the wording of rules. But its far easier to rewrite the rules and pretend that you made a difference instead of creating more confusion and work for no real improvement.