Originally Posted by
jackal2
It works perfectly well in Major League Soccer (for example) and has done for some time. The VAR official simply informs the referee that a decision may benefit from another look, and the referee runs over to the screen, reviews the play and decides whether to uphold or change the decision. The key point is that the final decision still lies with the on-pitch official.
Unsurprisingly, the buffoons who have infested and run the English game for far too long have managed to cock up what should be a simple process. VAR is almost certainly here to stay, but due to the complete incompetence of our particular governing body it will take longer to get right here than it has done in many other countries.
As I've said before, football is now a multi-million/billion pound industry and it's no longer good enough to just accept that mistakes happen or use the old "luck will even itself out" excuse. A system exists to ensure more decisions are right, but it still requires a modicum of intelligence to at technology effectively.