Technological Developments in Football, Mission Noble Reaps Pros and Cons

DBasia.news – Almost all aspects of life today are helped by technological advances. The same is true in football.

History reveals that football has been played for centuries. FIFA recognizes the Chinese nation as the person who first discovered this sport during the Han Dynasty in the 3rd century BC.

In the 19th century, England began to popularize modern football as it is today. At that time, the regulations and match regulations were not as detailed as they are now.

One of the important breakthroughs at that time was the use of uniforms of the same color for one team in matches. This rule was issued by the English Football Federation (FA) in 1891.

It took 37 years to modify the rules regarding the jersey. Arsenal pioneered the use of the jersey with the jersey number in 1928.

Nowadays, the jersey is not just one of the rules that every team must obey. The uniform has now become a symbol of the club.

A touch of technology cannot be separated from the development of the jersey. Apparel companies are competing to make breakthroughs that make players comfortable when competing.

The same is true for shoes. This foot protection device has now become a kind of weapon of war to help improve player performance.

There are many more technological touches that were created to support green field actors. Every club or country tries to maximize the potential of athletes by relying on sports science.

However, the touch of technology in football is not only used for the benefit of players. FIFA as the world football federation also tries to maximize this in order to support all aspects of the match.

FIFA is careful enough to include technological elements in this sport. They don’t want football to lose its magic.

But in the end, technology has touched various competitive equipment. One of them is the ball which is the most important element in this sport.

FIFA has arranged as much detail as possible the regulations regarding the main instruments in this sport. The balls used today are certainly much better than decades ago.

In addition, various supporting devices are also being presented by FIFA. Starting from digital substitution boards, vanishing spray, referee communication tools, goal line technology, and video assistant referee (VAR).

These technologies are used by FIFA to improve the quality of each match. This policy is also considered to help the performance of referees who are not free from mistakes.

Unfortunately not all of FIFA’s breakthroughs have been successful. VAR is the most obvious evidence.

This technology actually raises pros and cons among football lovers. There are those who support but not a few who reject it.

For the supporting camp, VAR is considered as a solution to various controversies in the past that have hurt one party and benefited the opponent. Diego Maradona’s God Hand moment and Frank Lampard’s ghost goal against Germany at the 2010 World Cup are examples.

Meanwhile, for those who refuse, VAR is considered to have eliminated the drama that has become an added value in football. Fighting is often stopped because this technology is also considered to make the audience uncomfortable.

The various controversies that have accompanied the use of technology in football have not actually made FIFA nervous. This is one of their commitments that uphold the principle of sportsmanship.

It is not impossible that a number of other technologies will be applied by FIFA in the future. Rest assured it will not detract from the beauty of football itself.