Ryan Bridge: There's TMI from the TMO

TMI and TMO 

Dave Rennie had a bit of a crack at the TMO over the weekend. 

A FIFA ball hit a spidercam in the USA and Norway went nuts because the TMO didn't do anything about it. Apparently it should be an automatic drop-ball.

Both of these these games, different sports, played half way round the world from each other, tell you all you need know about TMO's.

When you're up and winning, they're always butting in where they're not wanted, aren't they?

But when it's your team on the back foot and could do with a pesky technicality to get some points, or lose your opponents some, they come in handy. 

Sport is live and happens quickly. That's why it's exciting. 

So the only solution to this problem, which is only a problem exactly half the time, when your team is losing, is quite simple. 

Play without it!

Things will get missed. Penalties go unawarded. Eyesight is not perfect. Line of sight is not perfect. 

Games move faster, but the results are less accurate. 

Or, you embrace the technology and the cameras and the man in the bunker. 

Hell, one day it'll probably just be all AI powered and decided. 

Personally, I'd rather something was quick and dirty than long and accurate.

There's TMI from the TMO.

Mistakes happen. Chances are they'll happen to everyone equally. 

We've played sports, of sorts, for centuries without the need for cameras and bunkers. 

We can, if we want, just keep doing that for a few centuries longer. 

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