Presentation from British Airways duo comes as exclusive YouGov poll for The Times reveals that three quarters of football fans want to keep VAR — but with changes to the system
Cricket has the advantage of being largely objective. The ball touched the bat or it didn’t. The ball pitched in line or it didn’t. The batsman made his ground or he didn’t. When the tech fails, like spotting if fingers are under a grounded ball, then you still get controversy.
Football has so much subjectivity in the rules that developing a simple system for it is hard. What is a fair tackle, what is excessive force, what is interfering with play, what was a goal scoring opportunity?
The specific post is about communication howlers in VAR.
It’s about process which tennis, rugby, cricket have all shown for years to be very transparent and meticulous.
Football’s refusal to benchmark and adapt these SOPs is the problem.
Not the fact that a ‘reckless tackle worthy of red vs yellow’ is a subjective call (which it is) - follow a transparent process, mic up, and own your decisions.
PGMOL makes calls and then gives hare brained explanations to protect its ilk.
Cricket has the advantage of being largely objective. The ball touched the bat or it didn’t. The ball pitched in line or it didn’t. The batsman made his ground or he didn’t. When the tech fails, like spotting if fingers are under a grounded ball, then you still get controversy.
Football has so much subjectivity in the rules that developing a simple system for it is hard. What is a fair tackle, what is excessive force, what is interfering with play, what was a goal scoring opportunity?
It’s not about objective vs subjective rules.
The specific post is about communication howlers in VAR.
It’s about process which tennis, rugby, cricket have all shown for years to be very transparent and meticulous.
Football’s refusal to benchmark and adapt these SOPs is the problem.
Not the fact that a ‘reckless tackle worthy of red vs yellow’ is a subjective call (which it is) - follow a transparent process, mic up, and own your decisions.
PGMOL makes calls and then gives hare brained explanations to protect its ilk.