Saturday, June 19, 2010

God sent an important message to FIFA

Yesterday's USA - Slovenia 2-2 tie, where what should have been the winning USA goal was incorrectly disallowed, contained a hidden message from God.  It took me a while to translate the message, but when I did, here is what it said:

DEAREST FIFA,

This is God, so listen up, I have a to-do list for you:

1. Thou shalt bring thy game into the 21st century.
2. Thou shalt start using a video review of critical calls (goals disallowed, red cards) if the manager of a side requests it.
3. Thou shalt actually stop the holy here-be-fore never stopped game clock while a supervisory video review referee consults with the field referee over what the correct ruling should be.
4. Thou shalt also show sponsor commercials on the tv during this pause in the action, which will help everyone make money, which is a good thing for the game.
5. Thou will make your fans happy with these pauses in the action, because its unfair to expect fans to wait 45 minutes between bathroom breaks. If thou shalt refuse my request, I shall continue to strike referees deaf, dumb, and blind during critical matches, as I did today in the USA-Slovenia match.

Yours Truly,
GOD
(by the way, if my fictional letter from God offends anyone, no offense is intended)

What do you think? Should professional and International/FIFA matches have a video review of certain calls?  If so how would it work?  As in who would ask for a review, what would happen with the game clock, who would make the decision on the call once video is reviewed, would it only be allowed for certain types of situations and which ones?  Lots to figure out, but its time to get on it, IMO.

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