World Cup VAR

[Jalfraag]

Very quiet in here tonight. I can't imagine why.

 

[peter.evans]

Very quiet in here tonight. I can't imagine why.

VAR as selective as ever !

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

I wonder if they've got Russia down for the final or if too much money has gone on.

Obviously Brazil were not getting any help.

The 3 wise monkeys were obviously in charge, or is it 6? At least they didn't have full kit on tonight but still wankers.

 

[blueincy]

Vinny on Jesus deffo a penalty imho

Put it on the big screen in the stadiums not just at home ffs show the fans in the ground how corrupt the ****s are...

 

[Neville Kneville]

They spent a long time reviewing the Jesus pen.

The referee was not involved.

Why ?

 

[stonerblue]

LOL!!

Are you seriously comparing Barrios' 'head butt' to Zidane's??!! Laughable!!

That's like saying every foul should be a red!!

There are degrees of severity for all contact otherwise nobody would last on the pitch!!

Rubbish. A head butt on a football pitch is and always has been a straight red card, until var that is.

 

[stonerblue]

Not really, more like every headbutt should be a red...are you saying it shouldn't?

Correct.

 

[TheBlueDune]

They spent a long time reviewing the Jesus pen.

The referee was not involved.

Why ?

Could be that they decided there was no foul because when contact is made, the ball was already out of play and logically no foul because ball was dead.
VAR team check doesn't need ref to watch to agree with them. He'd already said no penalty.

 

[CityInWashingtonState]

VAR working fairly well in the world cup - some decisions are always going to be subjective so there's always going to be some disagreement.

I like that the VAR decisions are rapid - not interfering with the game - and though some decisions seem questionable to me, I think VAR has by-in-large got it right.
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As an aside - there's a way, given today's technology, to remove human bias variability from VAR. Simply convene a panel of those most well-respected referees, have them watch penalty decision videos and adjudge whether it's a penalty or not or to close to call. Save this data and use it to train an AI. Once sufficiently trained, make the AI available online and then use it in lieu of human VAR.
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This computer problem is likely harder than I've described as the input is video footage rather than a single frame of data which will likely pose new AI problems - nonetheless, it's my opinion that AI can reach/exceed the level of today's human VAR panels.

 

[Jalfraag]

VAR working fairly well in the world cup - some decisions are always going to be subjective so there's always going to be some disagreement.

I like that the VAR decisions are rapid - not interfering with the game - and though some decisions seem questionable to me, I think VAR has by-in-large got it right.
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As an aside - there's a way, given today's technology, to remove human bias variability from VAR. Simply convene a panel of those most well-respected referees, have them watch penalty decision videos and adjudge whether it's a penalty or not or to close to call. Save this data and use it to train an AI. Once sufficiently trained, make the AI available online and then use it in lieu of human VAR.
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This computer problem is likely harder than I've described as the input is video footage rather than a single frame of data which will likely pose new AI problems - nonetheless, it's my opinion that AI can reach/exceed the level of today's human VAR panels.

Which well respected refs would you suggest we use in the PL?
There's already one of these panels that decides on retrospective action. Their decisions have been less than even-handed.