Practical implementation of goal line technology

Tennis uses it, Rugby uses it, Basketball uses it, American football uses it, most modern sports in fact have embraced technology to ascertain the outcome of critical sporting decisions, and from the aftermath of the Germany vs. England world cup match, die hard soccer fans and critics all over the world are now crying out for FIFA to finally implement goal line technology into the beautiful game.

As seen by millions of television viewers, the ball had clearly crossed the line, but the referee had still decided that it was not a goal, bad refereeing decisions like this as seen in the Germany vs. England match had so many of times affected the outcome of the game, and in this modern age of science and technological advancement, it is simply unacceptable to let so many bad refereeing decisions go by when something could actually be done about it.

The implementation of goal line technology into modern soccer is not really a complicated matter. For so many years now, television audiences had the luxury of viewing instant replays but unfortunately, this is something which the most important decision maker does not have.

So what is in fact needed is for the referees to simply be able to view instant replays and make critical decision.

With advancement in mobile technology, small handheld devices like the iPad of the iPhone would be able to do the trick, and from the main broadcasting console, video feeds of instant replays, could be sent to these devices via a secured wireless channel, in this manner, referees could simply refer to their handheld devices and watch the instant replays when critical decisions are needed to be made.

This simple solution if implement effectively could so much aid the referees when it comes of decisions like determining if the ball has crossed the line, offside decision and most importantly it could prevent the tons of shenanigans that happen behind the referee's back.

And if such solution does get picked up by FIFA, I'm sure the likes of CISCO, HP, SONY, SAMSUNG and even APPLE would be lining up to be the first ones to endorse and implement it. We have 2 more years till the next major international tournament; would we finally see a change?