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Author Topic: The fear of being wrong by V.A.Referee  (Read 1162 times)

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Re: The fear of being wrong by V.A.Referee
« on: Tue 30 Jun 2020 08:06 »
The way football's use of VAR seems to me (at least in theory) to be a bit different to most other sports. In rugby, it seems the referee can opt out of making a decision initially and just ask the TMO to check, whereas in football the procedure is they should actively make a decision first (either way) and then VAR checks everything and overrules if wrong.

I'm sure some of the poorer/weaker officials do make non-decisions in the belief VAR can bail them out if wrong but let's remember plenty of mistakes were made before VAR so I doubt this is the case every time. Some referees just miss quite a lot!

It would be interesting I suppose to hear what the error rate for KMI decisions was this season before VAR intervention and how it compared to the KMI errors last year without VAR (I think it was around 82% accuracy in the PL last year?)


I don't know what the procedure is in Rugby Union because I have no interest in that aspect of rugby, however, In Rugby League the referee makes his decision and indicates on the field whether he thinks it is a try or not an asks the TMO to check various aspects. It is then dependent on whether or not the TMO can see anything concrete to overrule the original decision. In the NRL in Australia they have also introduced a Captain's Challenge where the skipper of each side can challenge ONE onfield decision per match, if he wins the challenge it retains the opportunity to challenge again, however, if he loses the challenge then that is the end of it. Certainly seems to work very well and is amusing to hear the ref getting a bit of grief, smiling at the player and asking if he wishes to challenge and grinning broadly when the player shakes his head.

The NRL's "Captain's Challenge" is also used (in one form or another) in Cricket and Hockey.  It creates a "put up of shut up moment" with dissent.  Football should adopt it.