VAR

[philipl]

https://www.ft.com/content/700dfa86-70d2-11e9-bbfb-5c68069fbd15?segmentId=080b04f5-af92-ae6f-0513-095d44fb3577

Something to look forward to. Not.

Advertisers eagerly looking at the opportunity VAR breaks mid game creates...

Personally, on balance VAR probably improves the fairness of the game and so long as it is a rarity, seeing the ref going to a screen watching an all but impossible to adjudicate decision adds rather than detracts to the drama. It needs handling better for the spectators in the stadium though. 

Getting a quick ad for Brekkies would completely ruin it as it would break the intensity of the game for the tv audience.

I thought seeing the ref get earphone confirmation of Liverpool's second goal added to the game yesterday because it eradicated thinking about was if legitimate or not.

[arbitro]

Just now, philipl said:

https://www.ft.com/content/700dfa86-70d2-11e9-bbfb-5c68069fbd15?segmentId=080b04f5-af92-ae6f-0513-095d44fb3577

Something to look forward to. Not.

Advertisers eagerly looking at the opportunity VAR breaks mid game creates...

Personally, on balance VAR probably improves the fairness of the game and so long as it is a rarity, seeing the ref going to a screen watching an all but impossible to adjudicate decision adds rather than detracts to the drama. It needs handling better for the spectators in the stadium though. 

Getting a quick ad for Brekkies would completely ruin it as it would break the intensity of the game for the tv audience.

I thought seeing the ref get earphone confirmation of Liverpool's second goal added to the game yesterday because it eradicated thinking about was if legitimate or not.

In the Premier League next season the referee will not look at any screens. The decision will be made for him by a VAR sat in a studio at Stockley Park. This was what the CEO's of the clubs wanted. For me it abdicates the referee of the responsibility of making big decisions either in real time or a review on a pitch monitor.

People who are expecting a utopian situation of every decision being correct are in for a shock. VAR is certainly no exact science.

[philipl]

Just now, arbitro said:

In the Premier League next season the referee will not look at any screens. The decision will be made for him by a VAR sat in a studio at Stockley Park. This was what the CEO's of the clubs wanted. For me it abdicates the referee of the responsibility of making big decisions either in real time or a review on a pitch monitor.

People who are expecting a utopian situation of every decision being correct are in for a shock. VAR is certainly no exact science.

Ref at the game knows what is going on in all the off ball niggles etc. 

Probably will generate some howlers doing it this way.

[gumboots]

In Rugby Union the fans see what the ref sees and hear what is said to a large extent. It doesn't detract at all but the guy on the tech stuff is at the ground. Linesmen are the actual assistant referees that football nominally calls them and refs even admit their mistakes during matches on occasion eg Nigel Owen reffing La Rochelle v Sale a few weeks ago 

Edited May 8, 2019 by gumboots

[Husky]

As dodgy as Jim'll Fix It!