AM I the last person in the world who thinks that goal-line technology would be bad for football?
Life’s perfectionists are having a good whinge this week after another refereeing howler at the weekend.
QPR’s Clint Hill was the unlucky man this time. In the early stages of his side’s game with Bolton Wanderers on Saturday the defender met a corner with a powerful header. The opposition keeper clawed the ball away but not before it had gone a few feet over the line.
Goal. Not even close. But unfortunately for Hill, neither the referee nor the linesman saw the ball cross the line.
No goal was given and QPR went on to lose 2-1. That decision could end up costing the struggling Londoners their place in the Premier League – and the £30m that goes with it.
The airwaves pulse with a thousand angry voices demanding goal-line technology is brought in to prevent any future such injustices.
But anyone who thinks that video refereeing, once introduced, will be limited to deciding a handful of key decisions understands nothing about capitalism.
After the floodgates open, it won’t just be the big calls that go upstairs. Every mundane 50/50 call will be agonised over in super slow-mo.
And of course, while we’re waiting for the game to restart, there will be time for a quick word from our sponsors.
