Yes. so I don't mind the argument that all games should have VAR or not at all , but it's not something I'll get mad about as without VAR it's same for both teams and same for all lowers leagues etc
Suspect it wont be long till all cup competitions have VAR , these things take time.
But it's not the same for all teams in the competition, which means some teams benefits from the substantially more accurate and consistent officiating (what those that support the current iteration of VAR believe is the case), meaning the competition itself is not an equal playing field.
Lower league teams (already disadvantaged), if they progress through the competition, will more regularly not have the benefit of VAR (due to the format of the competitions in question), whilst the higher league teams (already advantaged) will more often have the benefit of VAR, proportional to their participation.
If VAR does actually lead to fewer incorrect decisions that can potentially impact outcomes of matches, then not having VAR disadvantages teams playing without it.
And, regardless, the ruleset with VAR is different to the ruleset with VAR (officiating behaviour changes with or without, as well), which makes the practice out of step with the standards of fair competition.
I don't quite understand people on one hand zealously arguing the superiority of officiating with VAR (versus without) then on the other hand arguing that it doesn't matter if every match in a discrete competition has VAR.
If you applied this argument to all competitions governed by the FA then you would have thousands of amateur cups all over the country that currently have a referee only, in the early rounds, who wouldn’t be able to have linesman in the latter stages, as they currently do.
People have been--rightly--arguing that for ages, because it means officiating is fundamentally different depending on the stage of the competition. And no one can reasonably argue that such a state *does not* contravene standards of fair competition.
Again, what is (due to resource constraints) is different to what should be (truly fair state).
Teams have accepted this "unfair" state in various amateur cups, but they would be much happier with the far more "fair" state of consistent level of officiating for every match within the competition.
This entire discussion is about how we can achieve a more "fair" state of competition, so the fact that other "unfair" states of competition exist elsewhere is not an argument against that effort toward progress.
Otherwise we'd have to accept the lack of fairness in any aspect of human existence to be a justification for unfairness to exist in every aspect.