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http://focibiro.hu/cikk.php?id=10340 VAR coming in November instead of summer?

NB I will have a video referee system coming in at the earliest in November, before our referees need to be trained. Márton Vági, Secretary General of the MLSZ, provided information on the preparations for the VAR, which also involves considerable efforts from club, broadcast television, technical partner and referee faculty members.

The MLSZ decided in 2019 to introduce VAR (Video Assistant Referee) in the OTP Bank League, which will also include VOL (Virtual Offside Line), which is the technology behind visualization. However, goal line technology will not be used in our country due to its high cost.

Of the six operators' quotes, MLSZ has accepted Evertz Microsystems, which means the Canadian company provides the video judge system and the necessary technical background. Evertz is present in, among other things, the Belgian Championships and major American sports. Given the huge amount of theoretical and practical training and sophisticated infrastructure development and technical investment needed before the introduction of VAR, a video judge in NB I matches will be available in November of this year at the earliest and at the start of the 2021/22 championship at the latest. This is also a major challenge for the rights-holder television channel, which will have to broadcast 12 leading cameras with leading-edge meetings in Hungary.

VAR HAS THREE FORMS OF OPERATION IN EUROPE AND WORLDWIDE. Centralized, WHICH MEANS THAT ONE CENTRAL premises monitors all match, a decentralized, ie all stadiums KIÉPÍTENEK A SEPARATE ROOM FOR THIS PURPOSE, OR - BY WITH US IS USED WILL - mobile devices BUILT techniques used, THIS PRACTICE ONE EQUIPPED WITH BUSES REPORTING THAT STAYS TO THE STADIANS. MLSZ DECIDED ON COST-EFFECTIVENESS.

It is planned that four buses will be able to broadcast the six NB I matches per turn, but this will require a change in current practice, meaning that there should be no five matches at a time and the start time of the matches should be "delayed".

The MLS decided to implement the VAR system in agreement with cutting-edge clubs. THIS IS ALSO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE COSTS OF OPERATING THE SYSTEM ARE FINANCED BY THE ASSOCIATIONS, WHICH CAN INCREASE UP TO 20 MILLION FORINTS PER TEAM. (About Ł53,000 - average wage in Hungary is about Ł7,000/7,500 for comparison purposes)

The next important task will be the training of the referees. The MLSZ plans to train more than 40 professionals. With the introduction of a video referee system, there will be no need for baseline referees, but the VAR buses will have a video referee, a video assistant and an operator who can handle the technique perfectly. Referee training will begin in the spring with a theoretical section, after which referees will be able to practice on simulators, first off-line in technically-equipped buses, and live-tested in match-up and amateur matches. The introduction of VAR is also important because UEFA will only trust prestigious international matches to those who regularly meet the video referee system in their championship.