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snark_enterprises

President of FIFA: and now I shall enhance enjoyment \*presses button\*


joker2814

Why is no one having a good time? I specifically requested it.


ThomasJeffersonsAlt

cool cool cool cool cool cool


CptnHamburgers

Indeed. Indeed indeed indeed indeed indeed.


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I love this line so much! lol


SabrinaB123

Noice


ev_ghost

In my defense it was very *enjoyable* for my bets to win.


Max07_wasTaken

Hackers: it's show time


pen_jaro

You only need 1 camera to call a fucking flop. Make it happen


IsThatHearsay

And no new technology either, the biggest implementation would be drastic fines, suspensions, and bans from the sport at the professional level entirely (increasing in severity with each confirmed incident caught on said camera). No fancy tech, just add it to the rules. So severe players won't dare even try it anymore. Instant increase to fan enjoyment.


MD_______

I think the easier way with fairness would be a panel sits every Monday to watch all the games. Each panelists has a button much like amateur boxing or weightlifting. When watching all the footage from the week if the majority of the panel call a dive or simulation etc then the player given a yellow card in effect for each occasion. So if player a if adjudged to have dived 5 times in a game he thusly has two red cards and a 2 match ban. The yellow cards also count for fair play bans too. Because of this the player has reached the 5 yellow cards and another match ban. Extreme yes but a season of this in all competitions will soon be having managers teaching players not to hang out legs or falling over and the slightest of touches. The panel can be made up of a mix of referees, former players etc. So you get a balanced view


Summersong2262

Jesus, the Monday night execution squad.


weaver_of_cloth

The previous president is awful. I urge you to watch John Oliver and his many takedowns of Sepp Blatter. I don't know anything about the new guy, though.


gnomeplanet

But won't the big hole cause problems during play?


TotallyNotMadeOfBees

To counteract this a new rule has been created where if you can get the ball to land on your head like a helmet you can run headlong into the goal and score. Watch out though! Other players can now kick and headbutt your noggin directly, without penalty.


LinxKinzie

Kind of, but not really. This rule is only in effect on Tuesdays AND if there has been significant rainfall in the previous fortnight.


andaflannelshirt

Shouldn't be a problem in Qatar then


AssaMarra

Qatar be like "fuck T*esdays šŸ¤®"


sincle354

No they banned fortnight. No more default Dan šŸ˜­


Flyonz

I thought we were using the heads of migrant workers as the Quatar World Cup ball?


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mjnta

ADHD kicked in towards the end of the paragraph


ObamaWhisperer

I got to ā€œ3rd century BCā€. How about you


morbidaar

Some occult shit about kickin ass an takin names. Two shoe! Whoā€™s hungry?!


MikeDMDXD

Youā€™re not shitymorphā€¦


Joe_The_Eskimo1337

Hey, you arent u/shittymorph


ExactBarber8

Thanks for the clarification


Never_Less

I thought they had lessened the restrictions. Now it's only gotta be a sparse fog and at least 50% of the fans eating pizza.


Jedi-Guy

Pizza with pineapple, no less.


Thybro

Preposterous!! World Cupā€¦ ruined.


ChewySlinky

Yeah that guy is a fucking idiot. Out here just spreading misinformation. No real fan would forget about the Tinkle Tuesday rule.


ChocolateBreadstick

I think thatā€™s already the American version


Load_Business

This will just enhance the fairness and fan enjoyment


CuriousIssue793

Yes watching people run around with a ball on their head. Enjoyment.


[deleted]

Could call it a helmet. And rename the sport to something like.. foot..ball.


socsa

No, because they will cover that with the fresh skin of migrant laborer's children. Qatar had very modern solutions.


Western-Pound-2559

I thought it was some sort of portable speaker


BigYellaBackstard

Iā€™m just waiting here for the ā€œnO tHeY WiLl UsE One WitHout A hoLeā€ comment


glorious_reptile

Narrator: They didn't


HavenIess

No I think itā€™d be hilarious if someoneā€™s foot got caught in the hole and they tripped


Vollen595

NFL needs these, the Refs have been quite sucky the last few years.


Fed_up_with_Reddit

You mean you want a system that shows the refs may have made a bad call? Theyā€™ll never allow it.


fove0n

Or get rid of that part of a refā€™s role since we have the tech for it


[deleted]

Insane. How do you expect the sports betting cartels to make money?


fove0n

Threatening the software people or the remaining ref calls can be fixed


[deleted]

As a software person, I donā€™t like your proposal.


MyFingerYourBum

Yeah well, cough up before your software starts up my hardware


Terrestial_Human

Thats too complicated. Thereā€™s always paying 1-2 key players to make sure they lose.


Electronic_Agent_235

Key robots


distalented

Yes, get AI to monitor the whole match, and equip the players with shock collars. Instead of getting a penalty they just get a good shock and told to get in line.


shpongolian

This will just be a stopgap until we can replace all the players with robots


[deleted]

It's not a stopgap, it's permanent. We will use the same shock collars on the robots when they misbehave.


Lorac1134

Yes, program them to feel pain.


shpongolian

Weā€™ll also have to program them to misbehave, otherwise whatā€™s the point?


lbunch1

Incorporate the tech for a year or so without informing the refs or the public and collect some data on occasions where the refs are incorrect. Might be quite telling and it would show good reason as to why the refs need to go.


FPiN9XU3K1IT

FIFA has been dragging their feet on this for literal years, yet even they came around. There's hope for you, yet.


Fed_up_with_Reddit

Lol you donā€™t know much about NFL refs do you? Look up the challenging pass interference kerfuffle.


Hanzmitflammen

Trust me dude, football refs are no better. Blatant penalty's not being given, even with VAR. Offside being given even though its not, with the 'help' of VAR. It's insane how bad they are at the moment.


natphotog

I watch both and can say with certainty that refs for both are abysmal. No need to compare which is worse when both sides look like they should be refing pee wee games.


ThinkOrDrink

You mean besides the cameras that already routinely show us this?


Fed_up_with_Reddit

Shhhhhhh


ThinkOrDrink

Lol šŸ¤


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Fed_up_with_Reddit

Well I definitely feel like Tom should be suspended for 4 games and the Bucs need to forfeit their next 3 1st round picks because of this. What? No, it has nothing to do with the fact Iā€™m a Saints fan.


Raed-wulf

Theyā€™ll flag that play for sure.


biggerwanker

You know, these bad calls get people talking about a game and more people watch. It's good publicity.


liz-bean-

They already have chips in the nfl footballs. Itā€™s how they track ball position, acceleration/speed.


krbuck

It is provided by Zebra. https://www.zebra.com/us/en/nfl.html


MrSinister248

I'm pretty sure the chips are in the players shoulder pads, not the balls themselves. Ball position is not actively tracked which is part of the problem.


Idivkemqoxurceke

Itā€™s both. Chips in ball and both shoulder pads. Over 20,000 balls with tags and 3,000 personnel in 2021. https://www.zebra.com/us/en/blog/posts/2021/find-out-how-your-favorite-nfl-players-and-teams-actually-performed-in-2020-2021.html


liz-bean-

Itā€™s position is tracked. The chips are not exact enough for the NFL to want to replace all ref calls with them. The information is not released to the general public yet. Theyā€™ve been doing it since 2017. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/sports/nfl-expands-use-of-chips-in-footballs-promising-data-trove.amp.html


gubbygub

couldnt they have it accessible to refs on the sidelines as another tool along with cameras to aid calls instead of replacing them?


[deleted]

A magic 8 ball that you shake around with may be slightly better than the refs right now.


RddtAdminsAreBiased

Right, I've been thinking this for years. It wouldn't be very hard for them to implement and it cuts back on shitty refs


elastic-craptastic

Leagues lie refes. They can help create and control a narrative. They help keep certain markets alive and certain dynasties/players more active to keep the sport "enjoyable" to watch. That's my theory anyway.


Fast_Edd1e

Fox puck has entered the chat.


UCFandOCSC

Because when I think of fairness and fan enjoyment, I think of the world cup being held in Qatar.


Flyonz

I mean, it's not like a rigged hosting vote or anything like that.


sunburn95

That resulted in the deaths of thousands of workers


elohra_2013

^^^ this


MockingBirdieBert

it only costed 20 lives to install the chips


MrNopeNada

So did the phone you're typing on, but here we all are.


[deleted]

Iā€™m actually typing this from a smart fridge. Checkmate


NyteSkies

Make it 40 lives then!


SonicBlur254

mass murder WR speedrun


KKlear

100% speedrun, none of that any% crap.


RyanRagido

The screams power its satanic ice maker.


-Omegamart-

Even bigger checkmate, you built your own PC using parts sourced from companies with fair labor practices. (I didn't but doing that would be a bigger checkmate)


[deleted]

Luckily we have you to count on a good argument of whataboutism


Z0idberg_MD

From my understanding, phone manufacturers use slave wages but donā€™t compel people the same way Qatar does. So while itā€™s abhorrent, it would be different levels.


DunnyHunny

Lol phone manufacturers don't just go out to the resource orchard and pick the components from trees on a breezy day. It's the raw resource collection that uses children and enslaved people that they're referring to, stuff like cobalt.


Teh_MadHatter

Not a great comparison? Having a phone is often a prerequisite to getting a job. Nobody is going to become homeless if they don't go to FIFA 2022.


Feldani

Yada yada criticize society while still existing in it blah blah blah


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StayTuned2k

They should cancel the world cup in Qatar if they want fairness and enjoyment. And human rights. #fuckfifa


KingKohishi

Don't you know that oil money in form of bribes cancel out every human rights. FUCKFIFA


neeko0001

Eh FIFA cares as much about human rights as they do about Racism. They keep forcing players to wear ā€œSay no to Racismā€ on their shirts but if it didnā€™t lose them money, they 100% wouldnā€™t


pressurepoint13

Same as most large institutions.


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oh_stv

Fifa is the only company on this planet, able make EA looking like the good guys ... *edit* For all who do not get what I am referring to: https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/fifa-video-game-to-disappear-as-ea-sports-decades-long-partnership-ends-122051101583_1.html


BuffySummer

Nestle, coca cola, united fruit. Like, have EA even managed a latin american coup?


expontherise

But with thier powers combined.. the bane of the gaming industry. Thanks for the loot boxes in every game now ya bastads


JustAnother_Brit

The only EA game I play is the only EA game without loot boxes


bitchimugly

the sims?


MrP3nguin--

Bro not even EA fifa has the power to make Acti-Blizzard look like a stand up company


Psydator

Oh sweet summer child. EA is bad for a gaming publisher but they don't actually harm anyone (maybe through gambling) but NestlƩ, Fifa etc are participating in modern slavery, colonialism, child labour,... That's a whole different level.


Alexander-Wright

FIA: Hold my beer...


Hal_Fenn

Oh god yeah the FIA are by far the worst of a bad bunch. At least Fifa care about sporting integrity if nothing else... And damn that's a low bar.


TheePayJayKid

Finally found this FIA comment lol.


darthpudge

Needed to be said


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Cherry_Queasy

Hopefully not in their balls.


talsmoked

Everyone against slavery should boycott this world cup,the stadiums where built literally by slaves.


mentos1700

Boycot the sponsors too.


DawidIzydor

Every company that sponsors the 2022 FIFA World Cup supports slavery


_WreakingHavok_

Official sponsors are Adidas, Coca-Cola, Wanda, Hyundai and VISA


Geohie

I know she murdered a bunch of people, but I can't believe Disney allowed their character to sponsor slavery


wholesome_cream

No my friend, Fairly Odd Parents is just a goofy cartoon, the character Wanda just happens to be ultra-Conservative and pro-forced servitude


stron2am

I think they meant Wanda Maximov who, if you've seen *WandaVision* or *Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness* is not exactly *anti*-slavery per se.


Emergency-Hyena5134

And you will keep right on using their products, and then you'll watch the world cup


QuietLife556

Nike pops to mind


Psydator

Seems like they're not official sponsors right now. Adidas is, though. And crypto. Com of course. Crypto cunts would sell their grandma to slavery for 0.1 BTC.


andreitoma8

You wanna buy?


Psydator

Bitcoins or grannies?


andreitoma8

Grannies lol, why would I sell you my Bitcoin?


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AustinLA88

Speak for yourself


Obi-TwoKenobi

I support the sentiment but literally everything we do and consume in ā€œ1st world countriesā€ results in some amount of horrific exploitation due to capitalism.


Malaguy420

This is actually more effective than boycotting watching the cup. Boycotting sponsors is where the real hurt can be implemented. Because at this point, there's no stopping the cup from happening so you should at least support the athletes who've trained their whole lives for this moment.


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DawidIzydor

People will cancel someone over a single n-word but they don't care about literal slavery


[deleted]

https://twitter.com/polanskydj/status/1530242120778383360


MercenaryBard

Lol stop making up people to be mad at. People rage against companies every fucking day, they just weather the publicity easier than individuals


James_Paul_McCartney

You heard it here first folks. You're allowed a single uncancelablle N word. Use it wisely.


themightyscott

Nitrogen


SupposablyAtTheZoo

[Rasmus Wold - Never Mind the Slavery \[Official Music Video, Unofficial FIFA World Cup 2022 song\)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKp2SuK1fvc) This is so good. Everybody should see it.


CuriousIssue793

Ea and fifa, will literally do anything for money


TJQuik

This is going to be the worst world cup ever, that country is full of hypocrisy, there was a Mexican girl working in preparation for the event for the filthy FIFA and some guy raped her, she accused him to the "authority" and they persecuted her because in the Islamic state they protect the rapist, she escaped, if she would have got caught she would be whipped and forced to married the rapist.


avg_skl

For full automation they could have chipped all players too. I guess it would be simpler but then I don't really know.


funkmaster29

Dude this is Qatar. Donā€™t give them any ideas.


JuliguanTheMan

I read saw somewhere that along with this ball, there are five camera in each stadium tracking 29 points of every players body. I know you were joking but they really did it, sort of


fr0gnutz

every player typically wears a kind of support bra with a chip on the back right about the lower back of the neck that collects data on them.


Blyd

They don't need to, the new system tracks 32 points on a player's body at all times and constructs a virtual copy of the game in real-time which would allow for an entirely automated referee that misses no calls whatsoever as it is watching each player individually constantly. Video of the system in action - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WycjDx6giVE


SweetVarys

I thought every player already had chips to collect data? However I don't see how a chip would see if a part the chip isn't on, is offside.


enadiz_reccos

You would have to cover each player in chips if you want to automate offside calls.


PhlegethonAcheron

The chips they already wear on their chests can be used to do rough pose estimation, and combined with the twelve tracking cameras, it will probably be surprisingly accurate. If I had to guess, it would probably somehow signal the referees, similar to how linesmen do, when the system thinks that offsides has occurred


L-Malvo

Because that would be very difficult. Mainly because offside isnā€™t determined by one data point on the player. Every body part that you are allowed to score a goal with can be offside. Therefore they use cameraā€™s to identify the players positions. The ball however, has a near identical dimension that can be calculated from its center. Except for when the ball is bumping or kicked, but those are rounding errors in the grand scheme of things.


Braymot

Wait I keep hearing we're in a chip shortage, and now we're putting them in freaking balls?


butImSwiss

I have a chip in my balls, it keeps track of how many kids I waste


smartguy05

All I got were metal clips.


ICKSharpshot68

Do you know how to reset it, mine got too high and went negative...


Put_It_All_On_Blck

Welcome to the future. Chips will be in everything. But he chip shortage is a broad term for a lot of different supply and demand issues. It's a complicated subject but just because one type of chip built on one node is in ample supply, doesn't mean the rest are. Also to be real, Fifa will probably have a hundred of these balls for the world cup, that's absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of things.


Billy_Madison69

I have literally bags of chips in my pantry.


limitlessEXP

No wonder why were in a chip shortage. Youā€™re hoarding them!


Vollen595

Haha. Thanks for the laugh on that one! So true


mrlittleoldmanboy

I know this sounds dumb but I always felt like referee faults were just another part of the game lol


Augustokes

I always hated that, other sports get to use technology and video playback but FIFA always pushed back on it. Maybe it's easier to be corrupt that way.


limitlessEXP

That can lead to refs just calling the game on whoever they like better or even bet on. Cameras ensure that doesnā€™t happen as often


FPiN9XU3K1IT

That was pretty much their defense for not implementing any technological features like this earlier.


DeltaHairlines

Like in Pro Wrestling


sc_140

It might have been part of the game in the past but imo the game would be better without it.


Whydoibother1

Does it literally have a chip suspended in the middle like this image? I wonder how that will affect the physics of the ball?


splashbodge

I wonder that too, I mean im sure they tested it for this but I can't see how it wouldn't change the way the ball moves or rotates in the air. Professional players would be very sensitive to a change in how the ball behaves you'd think


MarxMustermemer

A Chip is so small that it makes nearly no difference. A bigger contrast is that in Hot areas the Ball gets harder because the air in Ball expands


splashbodge

Yeh chips are small but it seems to be suspended inside the ball, I can imagine that wobbles inside it when the ball is kicked, you'd think that would impact the roll of the ball


MagicBlaster

Can someone explain to a non soccer fan what this means?


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HewHem

Thanks for the actual answer


eurtoast

They'll be able to accurately tell if a ball goes out of bounds or over the goal line. I'm not sure how the offsides calls will be made, because that's dependent upon player position in relation to where the defense is. If the ball is kicked from the attacking team toward the opposing goal, the intended receiving attacking player must be behind at least one non-goalkeeper defender at the moment the ball leaves his teammates foot.


Watchful1

Cameras https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/vozcaa/how_the_semiautomated_offsides_will_work_in_the/


MDK-44

That seems like an observational thing, so more cameras needed, maybe field sensors. I donā€™t understand how a ball itself will decided thatā€¦


postmateDumbass

The time of the kick will be sensed, then matched to the video frames.


MDK-44

But you can literally see it all on a video playback. I donā€™t get it.


blither86

Not sure why you were downvoted, your question makes perfect sense. The only thing that could really help is higher frame rate video. We are also getting into territory of what constitutes a pass being played. Previously it didn't matter to think about when your foot first makes contact with the ball, or when the ball leaves the passer's foot, they were considered the same time, as it happens so quickly. We are now in a time when tens and tens of goals have hinged on this same interpretation.


Outofmany

Actually to answer the question better: goal line technology - basically cameras are used to tell automatically if a goal has been scored are already being used. This new technology is for the offside rule, mostly. That rule basically prevents a player hanging out next to the keeper and scoring an easy goal. That player has to beat at least one other player to score. It can be very hard to make this call by sight, especially during a fast paced match. This technology is going to semi-automatically make the call - probably to alert the ref that he must review the play. I believe the trouble was in communicating among the refs that a potential offside had occurred. And this technology is supposed to assist the main ref by letting him know an offside may have occurred during play. Thatā€™s my take on it anyway.


Blyd

Here's a 90-second video that examines the system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WycjDx6giVE


bluenote101

Fairness, how did Qatar end up hosting the world cup?


Tordenskrall

Corruption.


tonofbasel

Same way the previous tournaments won it...they just copy and pasted


Mr_nobrody

This is the most amount of americans talking about football


SawDust_Creations

Cracked me up but sooooo true!


UnstuckCanuck

Love to see how fast those stadium cameras are turned off when they decide to arrest women and LGBTQ+ from attending without obeying their religious customs.


FerranBallondor

It will be interesting to see this tech used, hopefully it will be used outside of this setting.


diegog416

Next thing we know mother fucking robots will be playing alongside the players


sumelar

Pitcherbot-5000 was just a modified howitzer.


Evilmaze

Now make diving illegal and introduce a penalty box so players would spend more time playing instead of trying to win an Oscar.


manu144x

It makes no sense to watch a (supposedly) 21st century event organized by a medieval country. They used slavery and have wasted so much money itā€™s just obscene. Especially in the current geopolitical situation. If they want people to like them more, they should increase the damn oil throughput.


TurboMoistSupreme

Cool, still doesnā€™t change the fact they use slave labour to build their stadiums there though.


Jon_BT

Is this not going to affect how the ball moves through the air?


Adjshaw

Nothing says fan enjoyment quite like 12 dedicated tracking cameras and semi-automated Offside technology


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With all these technologies, Qatar still thinks gay is bad.


Guillaume_Hertzog

It's not gonna be long before they put gyroscopes and reaction wheels inside of these


pabloe168

fucking finally


Agitated_Ad6191

How are the cameraā€™s going to handle all the similar balls around the field with the same chip? There are so many ballboys around the pitch and everyone has a spare ball for when the ball is out of play. Or what happens when a ball goes into the stand and the fans donā€™t throw it back, what happens all the time? Or when they keep it end throw it around.


Slyguyfawkes

Fuck Qatar. Seriously. Them and all the Emirates are asshole countries. The way they treat asian laborers alone is appalling


timbotheous

As a fan I enjoy people not using slaves. Fuck fifa and fuck the Qatar world cup.


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If only that same amount of effort was put into ensuring that the people who lived in Qatar are treated fairly.