The rethinking of the video approach - long described ridiculously as something that "kills the charm" of the game - comes amid the latest wave of condemnation of poor refereeing in popular European matches. We hope, therefore, that this is not just another false dawn. Talk about this most sensible measure often coincides with popular lambasting of referees, only to fade away when controversy dies down.

Before the football bigwigs move on, let's get certain things straight. This is not about "helping" referees; it's about making football entertaining the way it should be. This sport is not going to become less popular because of bad decisions. It's a question of whether Fifa wants to continue to covertly keep injustice as a drawing attraction of the game.

Fifa's half-hearted policy towards the injustice has led to multiple standards and made scapegoats out of the players. Fifa has been uncompromising on trivial matters that it considers will bring more "fairness" to the game - like punishing players who take off their shirts to celebrate a goal, or giving yellow cards for time-wasting tactics that take just a few seconds off the match. Players can't even challenge a referee in anger now because they stand a good chance of being severely penalised, even though video evidence may prove them right later.

These "charms" spawn more cheating, prejudice and hypocrisy. Unfair decisions cause resentment and sometimes more violent fouls. Frequently, one unfair ruling leads to another as the "guilty" referee inadvertently tries to make amends for the team affected by his earlier move. Worse, controversies that could have been decided by video footage aggravate unhealthy rivalry among fans. Nothing really bad has happened because of unfair decisions in football matches, but should Fifa wait until a deadly riot breaks out because a referee awards a "diver" a match-winning penalty in a major final?

Without video technology, referees are becoming more like dictators - and foolish ones at that - with each passing day, largely because the governing body fails to equip them with surveillance tools while giving them greater power. How many times have we seen legitimate goals wrongly disallowed for offsides? How many times have unjust red cards been handed down? And how many times have "divers" managed to cheat gullible referees?

There are countless incidents that cry out for a video review and underline the stubborn foolishness of Fifa. One of them occurred during a Premier League game last season between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, when a long-range speculative shot crossed the Man U goal line by more than a yard before the United goalkeeper swept it back out. To the amazement of fans inside the stadium and millions who were watching the live game, the referee and linesmen failed to see the goal and waved the play on. It would have been one of the biggest travesties in sport had it been a more important game. We don't know whether to laugh or cry, considering that justice would have been served in less than 20 seconds with the help of a video review.

Making use of video technology will have other benefits - it will make football managers more decent human beings and give them grace. Nowadays, they hide behind "unfair" decisions and, while always spotting the opposition's fouls a hundred yards away, often fail to see their team's wrongdoings taking place under their noses. Video will take away or lessen the complaints, the whining, the excuses, the double standards as well as the sometimes laughable animosity among managers. It will do the same for soccer fans and players. Overall, sportsmanship will improve when everyone feels a greater sense of justice. Controversy won't disappear entirely, but at least everyone will know that Fifa has tried its best. Unavoidable injustice in sport might be charming; preventable injustice is a farce.