Mucca Mad Boys
Well-Known Member
Let’s not forget VAR was brought in for good reason in the first place.
The implementation has been wrong from the get go, specifically:
- Lack of communication protocols between officials checking incidents, shown with the Diaz disallowed goal debacle. In rugby, there’s a clear script to follow - ‘here is my decision, do you agree/disagree’
- Likewise, we can’t hear why referees make the decisions they do so we have no idea why they’ve come to ‘x’ decision. Again, I’m rugby, if there’s head-to-head contact with no mitigation, it’s a red card and fans might think that rule is rubbish, there’s an understanding of why the referee had to give that. This would be very handy in explaining some of the penalty decisions.
- Lack of any challenges - in the NFL, tennis and cricket there is a challenge system if players/coaches think a decision is wrong
- finally, there’s an issue with how things are referred using VAR. Too often, VAR is telling referees should look at something which, imo, biases their decision making to give what’s been referred. This is probably why it’s so rare to see referees go against VAR. In other sports, it’s the referees referring to VAR to essentially check if they’ve given the right decision.
It shouldn’t be this difficult to implement technology that should’ve changed the game for the better.