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VAR: Premier League clubs to vote on whether to scrap video assistant referees - BBC Sport (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] eestileib 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, when you implement something in a terrible way, this happens.

In the States, the NFL rolled out possibly the worst video review system ever three decades ago and the cultural memory has persisted to the point where American leagues appear to avoid the worst mistakes.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Agreed, but it's not just the implementation IMO. Football ⚽ just isn't suited to this sort of thing, it's much too free-flowing. It's not like tennis or cricket or football 🏈 which stop frequently anyway.

I don't think VAR was ever, nor is ever, going to work, at least not to a degree where it's worth the downsides it brings.

[–] eestileib 4 points 3 months ago

Soccer stops after goals for people to dance around, mug for photos, put the ball under their shirt and suck their thumb, taunt the opposing supporters, etc.

Soccer stops after fouls for people to roll around and act like they have a compound hip fracture, and for the teammates to surround the ref and scream at him.

I'm not opposed to these things except the ref-crowding.

It's also a nice coincidence that these happen to be prime situations for a video official to check things.

The offsides hair splitting and angel pinhead dancing done in PL VAR is ridiculous though.