{"id":11124,"date":"2018-03-20T09:08:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T08:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vogo-group.com\/fifa-and-video-referees-2\/"},"modified":"2018-03-20T09:08:03","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T08:08:03","slug":"fifa-and-video-referees-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vogo-group.com\/en-gb\/news\/fifa-and-video-referees-2\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA approves video assistant referees for 2018 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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From: SportTechie
\nAuthor: Logan Bradley<\/p>\n

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Match officals pose with FIFA president Gianni Infantino at the 2017 Confederations Cup in Moscow, Russia. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Last year MLS commissioner Don Garber expressed frustration over FIFA\u2019s resistance to new technology, saying it prevents a greater experience for fans and players alike. It appears FIFA\u2019s outlook may have changed, at least when it comes to using technology to correct officiating mistakes. The organization approved use of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) on its biggest stage \u2014 this summer\u2019s World Cup in Russia.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we want is to help and to give the referee the possibility to have extra help when he has to make important decisions,\u201d said\u00a0FIFA President Gianni Infantino in a statement. \u201cIn a World Cup we make very important decisions. It cannot be possible that in 2018 everybody, in the stadium or at home, knows in a few seconds if the referee has made a mistake but not the referee himself \u2013 not because he doesn\u2019t want to know about it but because we forbid him to know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what you need to know:<\/h3>\n

-Rigorous testing of VAR has been done during live matches. Australia\u2019s A-League completed more than a dozen trial runs with the technology and numerous times it proved helpful. In one instance a hand ball was missed by the referee but was spotted upon further review using VAR.<\/p>\n

-There will be multiple uses of the video review: to check the validity of a goal or penalty, make decisions on red cards and to decide whether a player has been \u201cmistakenly sanctioned.\u201d<\/p>\n

-Europe\u2019s governing body, UEFA, is one of the few remaining organizations to express opposition to VAR.<\/p>\n

SportTechie Takeaway:<\/h3>\n

While plenty of testing has been done, using VAR at the World Cup will be the biggest test of all. Many are still skeptical (such as the aforementioned UEFA) and have concerns about slowing down the pace of play. It\u2019s similar to concerns that have been raised about video review in sports such as baseball and American football.<\/p>\n

Infantino suggests each review will take no more than a minute. If that\u2019s the case, and they\u2019re still able to correct mistakes, he thinks \u201cwe have done something good.\u201d FIFA\u2019s chief has consistently been a proponent of VAR, citing the \u201cphantom goal\u201d that ousted the US from the World Cup qualifying rounds as among the biggest reasons that the sport needs replay review.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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https:\/\/www.sporttechie.com\/fifa-approves-video-assistant-referees-var-2018-world-cup\/?utm_source=SportTechie+Updates&utm_campaign=a2d9cd0eab-SportTechie_Daily_News_3_20_2018&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5d2e0c085b-a2d9cd0eab-294418849<\/a><\/p>\n

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