At the top end I do think it's time we have goal-line technology, I'm not mad on other technology but certainly goal-line technology.
We're a new show. We can't afford instant replay.
We've got to decide, how much replay do we want? Because if you start doing it from the first inning to the ninth inning, you may have to time the game with a calendar.
Once you begin reviewing judgment calls, which in basketball there are many, you put yourself on a very slippery slope in terms of what could be reviewed, and ultimately the number of reviews that could take place that would make it unwieldy.
The feeling is that video assistant referees and technology are here to help us, especially for justice in the penalty area.
By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.
I don't know how we could use it to improve the job that umpires do, ... The human element in sport has always been a big part of the game. I'm a football fan, too, and I hate instant replay in the NFL. Football games are taking four hours.
I remember when replay first came to TV. I can't remember who it was now, but a manager came out to beef about a call, and I ran him. He said he was going back into the clubhouse and watch replay. I told him, 'Go ahead. I am the replay.'
Clearly, I'm for the VAR.
I think retrospective viewing of diving is nearly more important than some of the technology they are on about bringing in. If you do that and players get banned, it wouldn't take long before you'd cut it out.
Instant replay ought to be thrown out. Period. It's a game of imperfections. Why is that so bad for the game? Really, I think they are trying to make the game perfect. I'll tell you what: It will never, ever be perfect.
Men forget everything; women remember everything. That's why men need instant replay in sports. They've already forgotten what's happened.
The appetite for more instant replay in the sport is very low.
Before replays, football telecasts were filled with dead spots... It really destroyed the momentum of the telecasts. Replays gave you something to show during the pauses. It seemed to make the game go faster.
With goal-line technology, there are plenty of results that could be changed.
If we want football to be a sport that is no longer a sport, then use VAR on every incident. However, if we get to March, where every point becomes decisive, then games can last three or four hours.
If I sit here and say I don't agree with VAR, I'd be lying.
Football is always a very emotional game, and VAR is changing that a bit.
I never blame the refs as I know how tough it is, how fast the play goes, how difficult it is to keep up with the play.
I think so many things look like a penalty in slow motion.
Goal-line technology is a good thing. The ref gets the signal and can decide based on that.
Distant replay morphs into instant replay, and future replay cannot be far off.
I don't like going to football games. I like watching them on television. When you go to a game, it's hard to focus. There's so much going on, and it's cold. I'd rather sit and watch it and get replays and commentary.
Baseball should adopt replay, plain and simple. If we can see it at home or on hand-held PDAs, the technology should be used in games.
I always said that VAR is a very important tool on objective and important decisions.
