Is it even possible to remove subjectivity from the officiating? Words like ‘negligible’, ‘deliberate’ and ‘dangerous’ currently do a lot of the heavy lifting in the laws of the game, all of which are quantifiable and open to interpretation.
How could realistic technology, either now or in the future, help the officials with the black/white yes/no in/out decisions?
Constructive discussion only please.
Thanks for the answer. Just to show how hard it is to make laws non-subjective I will bold the subjective/grey areas and put in italics the instances that could lead to unjust decisions in your suggestions
On diving - not every time someone goes down with no contact is necessarily a dive and not every dive has no contact.
Tactical fouls - think you’d have to be a bit more specific about what constitutes ‘through clear’ but I agree with the sentiment
Handballs - the use of ‘clear’ leaves it almost as open to interpretation as it is now
Fouls - football is a contact sport, you should be able to shield or go shoulder to shoulder without giving a penalty away
Offside - don’t mind this but at the end of the day I think it’s the tech that needs to improve rather than the laws