Has technology taken over the world of sports? With the discussion of instant replay in playoff baseball and the impact it has made in college and professional football, it seems like the obvious answer is "yes". So what is the impact of instant replay to date? We'll for starters, Texas Longhorns may have fallen a few seconds short of going to the BCS championship game and I bet there are a few other situations that may have changed the fortunes of some teams forever. What would happen if the imperfections of man was untouched? Maybe a few more bad calls would occur, not like it hasn't been occurring already. Just ask the SEC teams that played Florida and Alabama. A lot more people would be angry about the state of the game? Well, some fans can never be pleased and when your team sucks you have to take your stress out on something. I bet the Saints, Longhorns, Alabama and Colt fans love the current status of the game. It's natural to look past imperfections when things go your way. So it seems that even though technology has impacted the sporting world and destinies of organizations, it hasn't changed the way we view sports today. We still see it with our personalized binoculars that reveal what we want to see. A tattered sports system (BCS) when your team has been left out in the cold or one that you can live with when your team benefits. I personally think that technology has yet to overcome the weaknesses of man and that it hasn't taken over the world of sports, yet. Though if they start allowing robots to call balls and strikes, I'm going to call John Connor to help me defeat the rise of the machines.
Merry Christmas everyone.
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