There are no plans to make live communication between VAR officials public because it would be "chaotic" to listen to, says the International Football Association Board.
  • cuentanueva@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Then make it less chaotic.

    We recently had the Rugby World Cup, and it wasn’t chaotic. It can be done.

    Stop making excuses.

  • IsItSnowing_@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    It seems ridiculous that multiple people are talking over each other. Why does it need to be a panel discussion? Before VAR, it was a one person decision. Now the only additional component is that there is video and there should just be an experienced referee talking to broadcasters requesting for angles and then communicating with the referee.

    Regarding safety, I am somewhere in the middle. Football hooliganism is at a high and showed itself in France this weekend. More communication provdes more ammunition.

  • TheKingMonkey@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    They won’t broadcast it live any time soon. Mind you, players might stop swearing at referees so much if they realise everybody hearing them scream “fucking blind cunt” at Stuart Attwell at half four on a Sunday afternoon might mean the endorsement deals from Gucci and Bose start drying up.

    • ValleyFloydJam@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Swearing isn’t a big deal at all.

      In general refs have a line you can say that’s a fucking joke but if you tell him he’s a fucking joke to his face you’re gonna end up in trouble.

      • TheKingMonkey@alien.topBEnglish
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        11 months ago

        TV broadcasters apologise for swearing at boxing matches which are broadcast after the watershed. Repeated dropping of the F bomb during primetime is not something that they will want on the games they pay a lot of money to acquire the rights for.