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Don't show the truth, and pretend like it never happened...

http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-c...reens.html

NCAA does the same thing at tourney games.

Of course, there is another argument for disallowing the replay:

World Cup: Mexico's Javier Aguirre says official admitted error | The Fabulous Forum | Los Angeles Times

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_b...ntina.html Wrote:"That mistake is what caused us to lose our composure, our concentration," he said. "They showed the replay on the scoreboard. There was a lot of confusion for a few minutes and I think that got us out of our game."

Granting the error never should have been made, but the Mexico coach is saying that the replay itself was disruptive to the game. That is a pretty good argument to follow the lead of the NCAA, MLB, and others.

Weak excuses, at least have an electronic sensor on the Goal Line so the Germany/England gaffe doesn't happen again.

(06-28-2010 02:26 PM)gotigers1 Wrote: [ -> ]Weak excuses, at least have an electronic sensor on the Goal Line so the Germany/England gaffe doesn't happen again.

The goal should look like this:

(06-28-2010 04:34 PM)texd Wrote: [ -> ]

(06-28-2010 02:26 PM)gotigers1 Wrote: [ -> ]Weak excuses, at least have an electronic sensor on the Goal Line so the Germany/England gaffe doesn't happen again.

The goal should look like this:

This is so many goals because of the lack of the consistent application of the offside rules and the goals disallowed during the tournament cries out the absolute need of instant replay in soccer. However this will never happen in the end, FIFA soccer is much worse than major league baseball.

poorly