Video Assistant Referee And Other Neat Technologies In Play At The 2018 FIFA World Cup

Hannah Shariff
2018-06-13T12:53:01-07:00

Unlike other professional sports organizations such as the NBA, NFL, or MLB, FIFA, the governing body of association football, or soccer, has traditionally been resistant to adopting technology on the field. "We shall rely on human beings," former FIFA President Sepp Blatter said in 2002. "Players make mistakes, coaches make mistakes and yes, sometimes referees make mistakes. But football is passion, football is emotion. Football has a human touch."