I'm becoming more cynical about this all the time. It's a good thing sports doesn't matter to me much. I have a relative who is a referee and official at various levels--not at the college level, though. He has become increasingly convinced that American college football is fixed. This means they may slant things in such a way as to try to help as much as possible certain teams that are "cash cows" in various conferences. He knows more about the SEC, but he says every conference does it. If certain teams end up in certain bowl games, more money will be made. As he says it, the "fix is in." Although I really don't know a great deal about soccer, I began to think as I watched the World Cup that something along those lines might be happening with soccer. Of course there are no bowl games, but there have to be pretty important people who prefer that certain countries win strictly for economic reasons. I won't name any names, but I doubt that it is honest. As for the instant replays, I do think that might help soccer. But it appears that in spite of that bad calls are still made in American college football.