>Of course G III kept a diary. It's just that no- one in the States bothered to phone him up that day to let him know what was going down :-}
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>That's part of my point - the technology wasn't there. For them, it was unfortunate.
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>But not using technolology when it's available - well, in America, we call that "dumb and dumber" <s>
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>Many Brits (and other countries) balked at the notion of using technology (e.g. Hawk-eye system) for line calls during tennis matches - well, the system (while not perfect) has been an improvement.

I think, at least at Wimbledon, that a player is only allowed to dispute a line judges decision three time in the course of a match. Once they exceed that allowance then Hawk-eye is irrelevant. Maybe that sort of compromise could work for soccer?