Football is a game played between two teams, officially of eleven players each, on a field one hundred yards long with goals at each end, in which points are made by getting a ball across the opponent’s goal line. Football refers to a number of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. The football program is also a program in which football-related comments are made, controversial positions and analyzes about football are made.
Published in Chapter:
Truth in Football From the “Hand of God” to VAR
Esennur Sirer (University of Usküdar, Turkey)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9251-9.ch007
Abstract
Today, dozens of cameras are placed at various points on the football field, making sure that no detail is overlooked. The positions are reviewed using the video assistant system (VAR). However, despite the existence of live broadcast cameras and their technology-integrated structure, there is a position to be discussed after the match; the truth is reinterpreted. As Umberto Eco emphasizes, live-action, where television time and real-time are closest to each other, is not a mere repetition of an event, but an interpretation. In the chapter, the poetics of truth in football is discussed in the historical and technological process.