Bermuda Football Association have contacted the sport's world governing body, FIFA, over the subject of video evidence.

BFA chiefs were moved to ask for FIFA's stance on the issue following a recent dispute over a sending off.

Referee George O'Brien dismissed three players in a match between Wolves and Southampton Rangers at Devonshire Rec on January 12.

But the dismissal of Wolves striker Mark Ray was later disputed by team coach Dennis Brown.

Ray was sent off for violent conduct in an incident that also saw Rangers' Temiko Flood red carded.

Wolves, who videotape all of their games, believed Ray was innocent and delivered their tape to the BFA in a bid to get the decision overturned.

O'Brien was called in to look at it and after several viewings his original decision was allowed to stand.

However, the official admitted to being "very disgruntled'' by the BFA's decision to allow the appeal to go ahead in the first place and claimed the Association had set a dangerous precedent that could potentially make the job of a referee much harder.

Despite granting Wolves the hearing, BFA General Secretary David Sabir said the Association had yet to decide whether such events would become part and parcel of the game in Bermuda.

"I think it's something that has to fit in generally with what the accepted practices around the world are,'' he said.

"It is something new on the doorsteps of the Association. The reasons why clubs or the Association in this regard would want to use video tapes have to be carefully considered.'' It was following the recent incident and in order to get a full understanding of the subject that the BFA went to the top.

"In this regard we have been to FIFA, the governing body, to ascertain what their position is on it and should it be something that FIFA does not have a problem with hopefully they will be able to provide us with some guidelines or framework which we can use to consider whether or not we would want to go with this,'' he said.

Technology is being used more and more in sport to settle disputes and football is no exception.

Sabir said: "The use of technology and the intended use of technology in certain instances have to be considered.

"I also believe, and I think this is the view of the Association, that video evidence has to be used in its context, especially in regards to football matters, i.e. what might appear to be opposition taken in one form or another may not be actually what transpired.

"For instance you may be able to see something visually but you can't hear it verbally. Again we know decisions regarding a match as it stands now can never be overturned but when it comes to disclipinary issues we have to be absolutely certain that we are totally in compliance with what the world governing body thinks.'' Sabir said the Association were awaiting a response from FIFA and would put no time limit on when a decision, either in favour or against the practice, would be reached.

"This is something the Association is considering. We aren't putting any time on it ourselves,'' he said.

Meanwhile, Sabir refused to be drawn on whether the BFA would be taking any disclipinary action against referee O'Brien for his outspoken comments in an interview with The Royal Gazette on Monday.

The official said he was considering quitting after becoming disillusioned with the way he believed football was heading on the Island.

O'Brien said he had been physically and verbally abused during matches this season and felt he was not getting the support he deserved from the BFA.

Asked whether Association chiefs would be speaking with the official, Sabir said: "I hear the question and I won't respond to it.'' David Sabir: use of video tapes has to be `carefully considered'.