Mark Bullingham, the chief executive of the Football Association, has raised the prospect of the game’s global rule-making body examining whether audio between referees and VARs should be available live
Can't see why anyone would be against this, it won't fix all the issues but will give fans an insight at least and the decision process and how refs came to the conclusion they did.
Can't see why anyone would be against this, it won't fix all the issues but will give fans an insight at least and the decision process and how refs came to the conclusion they did.
You could probably limit it to just hear the VAR side of things, we don't need to hear the ref arguing with players. I understand why they show that for complete transparency though, and it would still be a huge step forward.
in the NFL it's not the same as in rugby (don't know cricket), the way it's done in the NFL is very similar to what they trialled at the World Cup in ANZ, where the referee explains the decision afterwards.
rugby on the other hand broadcasts the whole interaction between referee and VAR
Rugby broadcasts so much of what the referee says and it's honestly great for the sport. Shows how players and refs should interact, gives a model for all levels of the sport.
They pretty much just announce the call, if they make one.
If they don't make one they won't.
Hell this week they announced one, got a quick review, it changed and they didn't announce it.
If they put the actual NFL system in place people would lose there minds. Key fouls not reviewable, the flawed challenge system, the random quick reviews, the resistance to using tech (so goal line would be gone) and they will auto check a play that's been ruled a TD but not one that might be but isn't given on the field.
So a if a goal was given offside it wouldn't be checked automatically.
And while some people think refs guess in football, in the NFL they really guess at scoring players there's no way they can be 100% sure about and review doesn't have an angle either way.
in the NFL it's not the same as in rugby (don't know cricket), the way it's done in the NFL is very similar to what they trialled at the World Cup in ANZ, where the referee explains the decision afterwards.
rugby on the other hand broadcasts the whole interaction between referee and VAR
They pretty much just announce the call, if they make one.
If they don't make one they won't.
Hell this week they announced one, got a quick review, it changed and they didn't announce it.
If they put the actual NFL system in place people would lose there minds. Key fouls not reviewable, the flawed challenge system, the random quick reviews, the resistance to using tech (so goal line would be gone) and they will auto check a play that's been ruled a TD but not one that might be but isn't given on the field.
So a if a goal was given offside it wouldn't be checked automatically.
And while some people think refs guess in football, in the NFL they really guess at scoring players there's no way they can be 100% sure about and review doesn't have an angle either way.
Rugby broadcasts so much of what the referee says and it's honestly great for the sport. Shows how players and refs should interact, gives a model for all levels of the sport.
You could probably limit it to just hear the VAR side of things, we don't need to hear the ref arguing with players. I understand why they show that for complete transparency though, and it would still be a huge step forward.
They pretty much just announce the call, if they make one.
If they don't make one they won't.
Hell this week they announced one, got a quick review, it changed and they didn't announce it.
If they put the actual NFL system in place people would lose there minds. Key fouls not reviewable, the flawed challenge system, the random quick reviews, the resistance to using tech (so goal line would be gone) and they will auto check a play that's been ruled a TD but not one that might be but isn't given on the field.
So a if a goal was given offside it wouldn't be checked automatically.
And while some people think refs guess in football, in the NFL they really guess at scoring players there's no way they can be 100% sure about and review doesn't have an angle either way.
It should be: no audio while they are reviewing the play. Audio while the decision is being communicated and explained to the referee.
Eg. "The player in question has been ruled offside, as the arm of the player X was past the offside line of the defenders Y foot. Goal is disallowed for offside".
It’s sucks that it has to turn into that. If they just did their jobs you wouldn’t have to put even more pressure on them to probably make even more mistakes lol
Rugby broadcasts so much of what the referee says and it's honestly great for the sport. Shows how players and refs should interact, gives a model for all levels of the sport.
It should be: no audio while they are reviewing the play. Audio while the decision is being communicated and explained to the referee.
Eg. "The player in question has been ruled offside, as the arm of the player X was past the offside line of the defenders Y foot. Goal is disallowed for offside".