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5 Smartphone Apps for Every Football Fan

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Football is in full force and no matter what type of fan you are, there’s an app to get you through the season. These are the apps that make a football habit a lot easier to manage and enjoy for every type of fan.

For the Every Game Fan: NFL Sunday Ticket

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Being near a television every Sunday (and Thursday and Monday) isn’t easy. But that’s not a problem with the NFL Sunday Ticket app. This app offers live streaming of every game so you can take every game with you wherever you go. You don’t need to plan your day around being near a TV screen plus, you get the added bonus of: [Read more…] about 5 Smartphone Apps for Every Football Fan

5 Interesting Sites You Might not Know About

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Searching the web can become an annoying process that you do simply to get your daily news and communicate with the world. Oftentimes there’s no news to report and no need to interact with anyone via social media, so the internet can become useless to you. Every now and then, however, you’ll stumble across a website that you hadn’t heard of before that enhances your internet experience and eliminates the ho hum daily online experience.

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FIFA: Goal-Line Technology Just Might Be Needed

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You think? That’s how most football (or soccer, if you want) fans are reacting to FIFA’s new stand on using video technology to assist in officiating World Cup games. This change of heart is really not surprising given the recent turn of events in several matches during this year’s World Cup.

Who can forget Saturday’s match between England and Mexico? Both teams were victims of mistakes made by the referees. Not to mention another England match, this time against Germany. The point is moot now, as the games have gone on, and teams have been eliminated. While we cannot put all the blame on the referees for the demise of some teams (yeah, I am thinking about England as I write), we also cannot deny the fact that if FIFA were using video technology as part of the rules of the game, then the outcome might just be a tad different.

It is not a revolutionary thing, really. The NBA is already using it. The NFL has provisions for video review as well. So what’s holding FIFA up?

With public pressure mounting, there doesn’t seem to be any reason for this technology not to be implemented in the near future. FIFA president Sepp Blatter has already issued public apologies to England and Mexico for the blatant mistakes. In his statement, he also mentioned something about considering goal-line technology for FIFA matches. Take note – that doesn’t cover everything, but at least it is a good start, isn’t it?

Here’s my question: do you think the solution is technology or, simply, better officiating?