An argument against video technology

Paris - Referees, hang in there. Help is surely on its way.

Sooner or later, football will see, must see, that the only way to preserve the authority and reputations of its match officials is to give them real-time access to the same video technology now used to painfully dissect them.

But make no mistake: Embracing more technology will also come at a cost to football's humanity. That is why this decision, one of the most momentous in football history because it will change the game forever, smoothing out some of its human failings and kinks, needs to be weighed so carefully.