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PGMOL 'have signed up 12 recently-retired footballers to a fast-track scheme to become referees' in a move that is hoped will 'help increase confidence in officials' (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I am waiting for them to release "Fan VAR" where you can vote on the outcome of a decision! All you need to be eligible to vote is subscribe to the PGMOL for £9.99 a month!!

"Fan VAR!! The decision is in your hands!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Unironically, if you had some kind of gamified crowdsourced VAR, it could probably work.

After each game, an oversight committee decides on the "correct" decision for each incident, and Fan-VARs who voted the correct way earn points, those who didn't lose points. More points = get to be involved in higher prestige games, plus bigger lotteries, with £10'000 draws done by computer during half-time for big matches, and the winning Fan-VAR gets his name and photo (and points tally) on the Sky Sports feed.

I mean, obviously it's a terrible dystopia, but I bet it would lead to better results than the present setup.