People are constantly questioning the referees on the pitch, from the sidelines, in the media and among fans.
The authority of the referees will be raised by them getting more decisions right. Video technology will increase the number of times the referee gets decisions right.
Just look at the way goal line technology influences the referees authority. They now get the right decision every time. No second guessing, no whinging players running after the referee after the incident, no managers complaining about those incidents to or about the ref, the media finds something else to talk about. Imagine the same kind of authority for penalties, red cards and aggressive play. A short 15-30 second stop in play a handful of times during the game is nothing more than we're already used to because of the normal stoppages for set pieces, referees talking to players and injuries. But all of a sudden the refs are getting the big difficult decisions right a lot more often.
Meanwhile players could actually be punished for stuff like diving at a much higher frequency and it might actually end up making the referees job a bit easier because all of the effort players put into conning and influencing the referee would have a much smaller chance of success and much higher risk of being punished.
How will this not improve the referees authority?
I think it's possible that with current technology we're not quite at a point yet where video technology should be implemented widely. But to not even want it tested out? To conclude based on preconceptions and no actual real world experience with video technology in football that it's a non starter, that I can't understand.
but I can see the obvious benefit in having someone who knows football to ref it. They know the brick that players get up to on the pitch as they were probably doing it themselves!!! Some of them might even be fit enough to keep up with play.
