VAR thread 2022/23

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A lot of people won’t trust it however transparent it is.

They believe the system is biased against them, whoever they support.
And largely for good reason, as it is bias against the vast majority of the clubs in England.

If people think that one of the largest, most watched, most bet-on sport leagues in the world is the *only* one with no corruption that favours the cash cows of the enterprise then I have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest in historic NYC infrastructure they may be interested in.
 
And largely for good reason, as it is bias against the vast majority of the clubs in England.

If people think that one of the largest, most watched, most bet-on sport leagues in the world is the *only* one with no corruption that favours the cash cows of the enterprise then I have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest in historic NYC infrastructure they may be interested in.
Indeed. I guess in creating VAR, they just wanted the corruption to be more transparent…
 
And largely for good reason, as it is bias against the vast majority of the clubs in England.

If people think that one of the largest, most watched, most bet-on sport leagues in the world is the *only* one with no corruption that favours the cash cows of the enterprise then I have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest in historic NYC infrastructure they may be interested in.
Just look up Calciopoli (Italian Football League scandal) for reference. I know it was a while ago now, but it is still as relevant today as it was back then.

With every passing scandal in sport, those who seek to benefit through corrupt intentions learn how not to get caught, and employ clandestine techniques in their planning and execution to avoid scrutiny.

I wonder how many of those involved in VAR know what a burner phone is?
 
Two tight decisions that we can’t see if they are 100% correct because we don’t have decent angles to see them.

Because one was for the rags, it reaffirms our bias that VAR is only there to help them.

Looking at the stills, we naturally look where the feet and then legs are and the one deemed offside looks offside and the one deemed on seems off.

What we can’t calibrate well is where the top of the arms are. If they weren’t involved in the decision, no football fan would mourn about it.
I think you're saying if they made it simple it would be much easier for them. I certainly think that. Just make it feet ffs, no arms, shoulders, armpits... Just feet.
 
Indeed. I guess in creating VAR, they just wanted the corruption to be more transparent…
They were forced in to implementing VAR. They couldn’t be the only major football league in the world without video review (that *would* make the corruption too transparent). So they implemented it in a manner that allowed it to be as opaque as it could possibly be.
 
Just look up Calciopoli (Italian Football League scandal) for reference. I know it was a while ago now, but it is still as relevant today as it was back then.

With every passing scandal in sport, those who seek to benefit through corrupt intentions learn how not to get caught, and employ clandestine techniques in their planning and execution to avoid scrutiny.

I wonder how many of those involved in VAR know what a burner phone is?
It’s no doubt part of the onboarding care package.
 
Had radio on at the weekend in the car, think radio 5, and the commentator said something along the lines of we have 90 seconds left but there will be a minimum of three minutes added on at the end.

How the fuck does a commentator know how long is left before the board is put up. Presumably the ref will, via the comms, tell the 4th official how many minutes to show near the end of the half so does the radio commentators have some sort of feed from somewhere? Forget the fact that they just make up the added time and it normally bears no relevance to how long should be added. Ref in the Leeds game last night blew up about seven seconds before the minimum time that should have been added just as Leeds were about to launch it. What's that about?
 
They were forced in to implementing VAR. They couldn’t be the only major football league in the world without video review (that *would* make the corruption too transparent). So they implemented it in a manner that allowed it to be as opaque as it could possibly be.
They haven’t though. It could be far, far worse.

The vast majority of football fans think the game is corrupt and against their own team. We are no different.

If I believed that the game was manufacturing results, I’d never watch another game again, ever.
 
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