Essay

1.      Argumentative Essay

All of Football Element must Try to Using GLT

            In modern area, many aspect of life become easier than before especially sport that also get impact from creature of good technology. The biggest sport in the world is football, there are so many people want to participate in football because they likes football so much. Sometime people feels happy, confuse or disappoint with decision match officials to determine when the controversial thing happens in scored. Today, goal line technology or GLT can help that difficulties. It is a technical means of instantly determining whether or not the whole of the ball has crossed the goal-line, not more not less. However some important people in football like player and coach in some reason still not receive with installation of GLT although it already show them that it is very useful in football because before GLT appears, there are some cases in decision about ball has crossed the goal-line.

            The former of Manchester United boss said to Daily Mirrors, he is a fan of goal-line technology but the scots feels any more interference would undermine referees (David Mcdonnel and Ben Burrows).¹ Although many coach has opinion like the former of Manchester United boss before GLT using in the first time in FIFA WORLD CUP BRAZIL 2014, many thing of GLT already explained that GLT was not to interfere with the game. As a consequence the requirements were set up determining that only the match officials are to receive a signal to indicated whether or not the ball has crossed the line (IFAB).² So, the technology exactly helps referee because as long as there are no GLT in real match, referee become main bad characters when they makes mistake. We can know how GLT works, there are cameras behind the goal and in front of the goal, so that we cover 360 degrees of the goal. If a goal is scored, referees are immediately notified by a vibration on a specialized smart watch (Nicole Bogart).³

 

           

            In the first time GLT introduce by FIFA, all of football club that heard information about GLT still afraid in financial. UEFA president Michel Platini told a press conference that there are no plans to bring in goal-line technology as it is too expensive (Angel Krasimirov).⁴ Nevertheless the financial problematic is depend on how every club have good method to prepare their financial. All club can look at Arsenal, ten years ago Arsenal reported less income than Chelsea, Liverpool, and Newcastle. Now it’s more than those clubs and in 2009 more than double Newcastel. This show what is possible with good management and careful investment (Phil Dawkes and Ian Dennis).⁵ The club must have good preparation in their financial so that they can make a special calculation also to install GLT.

            The opinion about GLT also invite a commentary from the center of Manchester United, he told in fans point of view that it’s great traditions. Even goal-line technology, I don’t agree with it. Incidents like that add to the game because it runs into radio phone-ins, people talk about it in the pub and in other media. Was it a goal or wasn’t it? People end up disappointed in those situations but is swings and roundabouts (Ferdinand).⁶ Actually in the controversial match is easy to make fans angry with referee decision, but GLT has a role to minimize a fight between fans because the violence between fans, can decrease fans attendance in stadium. Starting from the evidence of a negative trend in the average stadium presences, experienced by Italian football since the first 80s, an econometric analysis is proposed to investigate short period determinants of tickets sale at single match level (Raul)^7. According to Italian stadium attendance-descriptive statistic, total average attendance Serie A plus Serie B in 1984/1985 is 49.36, it’s decrease in two decades later in 2006/2007 become 27.592. The decrease in stadium attendance is the consequence of hooliganism as well as the loss of credibility of football organizations.

            Some argue that technology dilutes the essence of the games. As football is played everywhere, whether it’s big games, for a town club or on the streets with your friend, the

 rule are the same, bringing technology to the big games means that it creates gap between the high level games and local clubs, which creates segregation and classification games(Priya)⁸. According to the previous explaining, it won’t change the match. It just about to help decision of referee. one of the challenges in common match  the human eye without GLT can handle only approximately 16 images per second, which means the ball needs to be behind the line for at least 60millisecond (Rolf Dittrich)⁹

                As recently as 2010, Sepp Blatter (President of FIFA) used his ‘President’s Column’ on the FIFA website to outline why GLT should not be used in football (this column has since been removed). The rationale behind his argument included issues regarding justice and the practical implementation of GLT. The ‘nature and value’ of the game were the focus of his criticisms (Emily Ryall).¹⁰ The counter argument asserts that football is already diverse and the introduction of technology will not change this fact. Cricket employed technology a long time ago and regardless of whether it is the local village green game or an international Test Match both maintain the core constitutive rules, despite the use of differing technology. The same should apply to football (Joshua Kaye).¹¹

            The introduction of GLT is need time to accept by many peoples that has role in the football, they cannot directly accept it although it’s good function. It just 3 years from 2012 when the first time GLT introduce by FIFA. Only time will tell if the introduction is a success. Similarly, it is impossible to predict, at this stage, whether this introduction will open the door to further technology to help officiate over other critical decisions, such as off-side rulings and penalty decisions (Joshua Kaye).

            All of football elements must try to understand clearly about installation of GLT. However, the creation of GLT itself has good purpose to minimalize some mistake decision into ball cross the goal.  The introduction is to maintain the game’s integrity then an increase in sport ethics education is imperative. Rather than just blindly relying on technology, participants should be taught the importance of being responsible and honest towards the rules, ultimately becoming better all round ‘sportsmen (Joshua Kaye).