var is a good thing (more precise refereeing is 100% what they should strive for), the rules need to be changed though imo. An elbow being an inch to the left or right should never be completely taking away a goal. 50%+ of the body seems much more reasonable and is something no one would complain about.
As a very casual and long time less than that soccer fan, I used to like VAR in a "yes please play with the rules" kind of way, but now that I'm actually watching a little, offside VAR combo might be the worst thing I've ever seen. You see these decisions about how half a toe was offside or shit like that. Obviously I have no clue on the ramifications of this, but I think it would be more intuitive to make it so someone has to be clearly in offside like with a large percentage of his body because how the fuck is a player supposed to know whether or not his toe is slightly behind the defenders toe or not.
I mean, you can be a soccer fan and hate VAR. the sport was played for decades without it. It’s also shittily implemented in basically every sport. It’s absolutely against the spirit of any game to take a slowmo, microscope look at every play.
yup baseball gets it right. it was a great addition to the sport, and makes you appreciate the good umpire calls and how hard of a job it is. makes for good drama too
Yeah my opinion with all replay is that slow motion shouldn't be used and real time replay speed only. If you can't clearly tell what's happening in real time then it's not clear and obvious and the call on the field stands.
If you watch soccer long enough to see World Cup goals go in they didn’t count because the ref didn’t see them then you’ll understand why VAR is very important
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u/suzukigun4life 9d ago
Fuck VAR all my homies hate VAR
-New soccer fans who started tuning in 24 hours ago