Debate on Whether Sports Should Make Full Use of the Technology Available
Technology for sports is advancing, so why do sports choose not to use
technology for many decisions? Many bad decisions lead to arguments as
well as many teams and individuals losing. There are many sports that
do use technology and many more that don’t.
Most sports that do use technology are all kinds of racing eg: car,
horse riding, running, swimming and cycling as well as all athletic
sports.
I am going to be discussing sports that don’t make full use of
technology. Many ball games don’t take the advantage of the technology
that is available. One of them is cricket. The umpire has to look out
for many things just for one ball. When the bowler is bowling the
umpire has to see that the bowler doesn’t step on the return crease,
and then looking out for the no-ball on the popping crease, then
looking where the ball pitches at ninety miles an hour to make a
decision (if there is one to make) on LBW. The technology of Hawk-eye
and Snickometer is possible but only for audience on the television to
view. Why don’t the umpires get to use it? It would solve a lot of
arguments and disagreements. But then what are umpires meant for- to
judge. If there is the technology of Hawk-eye and Snickometer the
umpires would just use it all the time and not do their job.
In football there have been some incidents where the ball has passed
the goal line and it has not been given as a goal, by the referee. For
example Tottenham against Manchester united. There are two types of
technologies that have been considered to be used in football. One of
them is called the goal line technology this means that the football
would contain a microchip inside, so when it crosses the goal-line the
referee is alerted by a bleeper-type system. This is already going to
be tested out in Septembers under 17 world cup. The second technology
The rule, actually, brings out the pureness of the game. It lets the hitters concentrate on hitting and the pitchers on pitching.
the goal after the opponent has made a through ball or pass to a who
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