GAA’s ‘Hawkeye’ stood down following error during All-Ireland minor semi-final - Independent.ie

Wait, what?!? Replay got one wrong. This is clearly a man bites dog story.

So all those announcers who want to see refs and umpires replaced by a system that is just going to displace the argument from an actual human being to an anonymous, nowhere-to-be-found, pocket-protector wearing computer programmer?

In tennis, they argue with the computer. Now soccer. And it is "soccer", not football. Ah, who cares!!

from Independent.ie:
GAA’s ‘Hawkeye’ stood down following error during All-Ireland minor semi-final - Independent.ie:

The controversial error saw Hawkeye brand a perfectly good point as a ‘miss’ during the All-Ireland minor hurling semi-final between Limerick and Galway.

The goal-line technology was brought in by GAA chiefs this year – making its debut at the All-Ireland Club Finals on St Patrick’s Day in Croke Park.

Up until today, the system, which is sponsored by Specsavers, was in full use for the All-Ireland championships.

It’s thought to have cost the GAA somewhere in the region of €200,000, although the costs have never been confirmed.

However following today’s mistake, GAA chiefs stood down ‘Hawkeye’ and an investigation into how the error occurred is underway.

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