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As I’ve said before the problem is you are bringing more people into the decision making process. Goal line technology is clear cut. Either the whole ball has crossed the white line or it hasn’t. It’s simple it’s scientific and it’s a fact.Originally Posted by Notts78
The word VAR sounds like something technical and software orientated and scientific. The fact is that it is neither. All it requires is a few officials in a room looking at an incident from different angles and making a decision between them and advising the referee.
So it goes on the interpretation of the rules by what those officials unanimously agee with. What happens if two of them think it’s a penalty or a sending off and the other doesn’t, and vice versa?
It requires those officials viewing VAR to be of a sufficient standard for it to stand any chance of success. For me and what I’ve seen it’s a fVARce and that’s my mind made up and no doubt countless others think the same. So it’s tarnished now in my opinion.
The problem is they rolled it out and now more people are involved the more controversy it will create. Even at World Cup level we have seen some strange decisions as you say.
If you had four League Two referees and VAR I would not bank on the correct decisions being made because it’s only as good as the quality of those who view it and ultimately make a decision.
