Soccer has a big problem, that much is evident.

At the World Cup, referees and their highly trained eyes could no longer keep up with the pace of the game. The world's best whistle blowers and flag wavers got it wrong time and again in a series of well-publicized blown calls.

It appeared that -- finally -- we reached a tipping point. Amid the uproar, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said it would be "nonsense" not to revisit the use of goal-line technology in soccer. His general secretary, Jerome Valcke, even went as far as declaring 2010 the last World Cup with the current refereeing arrangement. FIFA would even put the issue of the use of goal-line technology on its International Football Association Board meeting in Cardiff this past Wednesday.

It seemed the time for change had come.

But is anyone really surprised at what happened this week? FIFA decided to table the topic of goal-line technology until the fall. Where Julius Caesar came, saw and conquered, FIFA will come, see, have meetings, postpone, have more meetings, and, ultimately, decide that things are fine the way they are.

The status quo is FIFA's security blanket. Does the organization fear that change -- any change -- will jeopardize its spot atop the sport's pyramid? If so, wouldn't that be considered more than a bit paranoid?

First came the announcement that video technology wouldn't be on the agenda last Wednesday after all. Then came the outcome of the meeting: Following the Europa League last year, the Champions League will now adopt two extra "goal-line referees," to be posted behind each goal. It's still an experiment.

Seriously? That's supposed to appease us?

The next meeting at which video technology is supposed to be discussed will take place in October.

With FIFA, nothing ever changes.