How Luis Suarez incident could spark FIFA to explore wider use of technology

Luis Suarez’s act of tasting human flesh (again) may revolutionise football.

This World Cup is the first with goal-line technology but FIFA are still technophobes in other areas of the game.

However, that could change following Suarez’s latest biting as football could vastly expand its use of technology to help referees.

When Suarez sank his teeth into Giorgio Chiellini, neither referee Marco Rodriguez nor fourth official Mark W Geiger knew what had happened. Had the fourth official had access to an instant TV replay things would have been much clearer. It is too early to say when such technology may come in or what form it could take but the fact that within hours of the Suarez incident FIFA executive members were willing to discuss such a subject shows how far the technology debate has moved.