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> no video reviews in soccer VAR (video assistant referee) will be used at World Cup 2018 in Russia. It's already being used in Germany and MLS (US). Most leag
by brynx97 8y ago
> no video reviews in soccer
VAR (video assistant referee) will be used at World Cup 2018 in Russia. It's already being used in Germany and MLS (US). Most leagues are planning to implement it within the next few years.
It's been very clumsy at first, but over the last few years, there have been so so many high profile stupid mistakes by refs. The success of the goal line tech just made VAR a natural evolution IMO.
- nyc111 8y agoI think it is a big mistake to introduce Video evaluation into footbal. Main reason is that you would just be taking away the authority of the referee and giving it to a machine and to other referees who will be evaluating the video. The mistake is to think that there is an absolute truth and we can arrive at this truth by introducing observational tools with more resolution. This is not true. As the resolution increases it becomes more difficult to make a decision. There is also the point of view of the referee. The referee cannot see everything. And this is the beauty of the game. Referees make mistakes but if all referees call everything as they see it this will average out for each team during the entire season. But referees are human too. And they have to control the game and control footballers with big egos. Also footballers are very sophisticated con artists and they continually try to fool the referee. All these are part of the game. Football is the game of mistakes. It's a huge mistake to try to get rid of mistakes by introducing technology into the game.
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