VAR: Premier League clubs to vote on whether to scrap video assistant referees
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Premier League clubs will vote on whether to scrap video assistant referees (VAR) from next season at their annual general meeting next month.

Oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please… 🤞🤞🤞

  • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I have no basis for this theory, but I still believe that the FA and/or PGMOL deliberately fucked up the implementation and use of VAR as much as they could, so that after a few seasons it would be scrapped.

      • dogslayeggs@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        Seems to work decently in most other leagues and tournaments. Maybe not perfectly, but better than before and WAY better than in the PL.

  • atro_city@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    This is so dumb… the only reason I even watch football is the malicious glee I get when a dumb celebration is cancelled after VAR clearly shows it was an invalid goal.

    The Premier League’s figures show the number of correct decisions in matches has increased from 82% before VAR was introduced to 96% currently. With semi-automated offside technology due to be introduced early next season, it is felt that figure will increase even further.

    So these people want to have 1/5 of the decisions be wrong again in order to win. How amazingly convenient.