Graeme Orr has been a friend and supporter of the Almanac for many years. Apart from being Professor of Law at the University of Queensland, he has a wide array of interests, including sport.
He recently suggested I might enjoy this BBC Sounds Thought for the Day.
By Reverend Jayne Manfredi, it’s a comment on VAR (Video Assistant Referee) which is part of soccer these days.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0j2splh
In the light of Dips O’Donnell’s recent essay on umpiring, this is definitely worth a listen. Read Dips’s piece HERE.
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About John Harms
JTH is a writer, publisher, speaker, historian. He is founder and contributing editor of The Footy Almanac and footyalmanac.com.au. He has written columns and features for numerous publications. His books include Confessions of a Thirteenth Man, Memoirs of a Mug Punter, Loose Men Everywhere, Play On, The Pearl: Steve Renouf's Story and Life As I Know It (with Michelle Payne). He can be contacted [email protected] He is married to Susan. They have three school-age kids - Theo, Anna, Evie. He might not be the worst putter in the world but he's in the worst four. His ambition was to lunch for Australia but it clashed with his other ambition - to shoot his age.
Superb JTH. Articulating what I was clumsily arguing . Give me messy human imperfections over bland and tedious AI decision making any day.
This is so timely. Suggest all have a good listen. Especially coaches and media.
‘value messy human uncertainty over dull, clinical accuracy’
So much in this I reckon.