Hi Daisy, this is another one of your posts where I say yes, yes, yes, no. The yeses are when I agree with each point made. The no is when I think you and I are operating with different assumptions.
In this case, mine is that football and professional sport is something of an illusion. Fans obsess over nothing of importance, while those running the game are often pretty cynical people.
So, calls for fairness, transparency and so on reflect this clash.
A wider point is the legal system, which is supposedly run on transparent processes but isn’t really.
I just finished your book on VAR. I think it is hard to pick letter of the law or spirit of the law until you get a sense of how the fans feel. And that's quite emotive and demanding. But there's a sense of why something is right from a "common sense" intuitive position that I find interesting as you describe it. It's difficult to explain, but not that hard to measure and evidence. Another enjoyable post.
I'm not a professional sports person but I suspect that in professional sport now, particularly football, it's less about integrity than money and personal glory. Not sure what the point of having a referee is if there is also a digital one. I'd say stick with old school rules. The referee's decision is final.
Hi Daisy, this is another one of your posts where I say yes, yes, yes, no. The yeses are when I agree with each point made. The no is when I think you and I are operating with different assumptions.
In this case, mine is that football and professional sport is something of an illusion. Fans obsess over nothing of importance, while those running the game are often pretty cynical people.
So, calls for fairness, transparency and so on reflect this clash.
A wider point is the legal system, which is supposedly run on transparent processes but isn’t really.
I just finished your book on VAR. I think it is hard to pick letter of the law or spirit of the law until you get a sense of how the fans feel. And that's quite emotive and demanding. But there's a sense of why something is right from a "common sense" intuitive position that I find interesting as you describe it. It's difficult to explain, but not that hard to measure and evidence. Another enjoyable post.
I'm not a professional sports person but I suspect that in professional sport now, particularly football, it's less about integrity than money and personal glory. Not sure what the point of having a referee is if there is also a digital one. I'd say stick with old school rules. The referee's decision is final.
Lovely touch of irony that even with their best player reinstated the US team lost the match.
Brilliantly written. Could AI eventually overule demigogues? The right outcome was achieved despite the intervention.