Premier League clubs to vote on proposal to scrap VAR from next season.

Agent Harris

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Resolution formally submitted by Wolves to abolish system + will be on agenda at June 6 AGM. Any rule change needs 2/3s majority (14 of 20 members) to pass


OFFICIAL: letter sent to the Premier League regarding scrapping VAR.

"Wolves have formally submitted a resolution to the Premier League to trigger a vote at the league's AGM in June, on the removal of VAR from the start of the 2024/25 season.

The introduction of VAR in 2019/20 was a decision made in good faith and with the best interests of football and the Premier League at its heart. However, it has led to numerous unintended negative consequences that are damaging the relationship between fans and football, and undermining the value of the Premier League brand, which include:

• Impact on goal celebrations and the spontaneous passion that makes football special.

• Frustration and confusion inside stadiums due to lengthy VAR checks and poor communication.

•A more hostile atmosphere with protests, booing of the Premier League anthem and chants against VAR.

• Overreach of VAR's original purpose to correct clear and obvious mistakes, now overanalysing subjective decisions and compromising the game's fluidity and integrity.

• Diminished accountability of on-field officials, due to safety net of VAR, leading to an erosion of authority on the pitch.

• Continued errors despite VAR, with supporters unable to accept human error after multiple views and replays, damaging confidence in officiating standards.

• Disruption of the Premier League's fast pace with lengthy VAR checks and more added time, causing matches to run excessively long.

• Constant discourse about VAR decisions often overshadowing the match itself, and tarnishing the reputation of the league.

• Erosion of trust and reputation, with VAR fuelling completely nonsensical allegations of corruption.

The decision to table the resolution has come after careful consideration and with the utmost respect for the Premier League, PGMOL and our fellow competitors.

There is no blame to be placed - we are all just looking for the best possible outcome for football - and all stakeholders have been working hard to try and make the introduction of additional technology a success.

However, after five seasons of VAR in the Premier League it is time for a constructive and critical debate on its future.

Our position is that the price we are paying for a small increase in accuracy is at odds with the spirit of our game, and as a result we should remove it from the 2024/25 season onwards."
 
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I'm old fashioned. Get rid of it. I know someone will be along to tell me how many times we'd have been disadvantaged if not for VAR but I just hate it. Not knowing if you can celebrate a goal and all the messing about it's absolutely awful and it's genuinely ruining what football should be. I'd be happy to deal with shite ref decisions to have football back.
 
Couldn't agree more.

It should only be used when the referee wants assistance or one of the teams want to challenge a decision.

Spot on. Sports like tennis and cricket don't use replays to anything like the same extent with players allowed a certain number of challenges which they lose if the decision is correct. So, fewer referrals but I have to say some take longer than others.
 
Based purely on the fact that we have only received the vast majority of our penalties through the use of VAR, I really struggle to see why any Rangers fan would want it binned.
I don’t disagree, it is run poorly, that we undoubtably have a pound shop version and that the operators are significantly below the level they need to be for effective operation.
But even with the wrong calls being made on it, I’d be terrified what they might get away with, if it wasn’t there.
 
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VAR is 21st century technology, adjudicating rules established in the 19th century.

We need to change the offside rule to allow more room for attacking players eg. whole foot has to be offside.

No more "toenail off sides."
 
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I'm old fashioned. Get rid of it. I know someone will be along to tell me how many times we'd have been disadvantaged if not for VAR but I just hate it. Not knowing if you can celebrate a goal and all the messing about it's absolutely awful and it's genuinely ruining what football should be. I'd be happy to deal with shite ref decisions to have football back.
We've not won a league with VAR so it can't be doing that much for us!

I'm in the get rid camp too.
 
I thought that from next season off-side decisions would be done automatically without any human involvement? If so it should speed things up a bit
 
VAR is 21st century technology, adjudication rules established in the 19th century.

We need to change the offside rule to allow more room for attacking player eg whole foot has to be offside.

No more "toenail off sides."
Yep, some of the lines I've seen can't possibly be correct to within an inch or two.
 
I'm old fashioned. Get rid of it. I know someone will be along to tell me how many times we'd have been disadvantaged if not for VAR but I just hate it. Not knowing if you can celebrate a goal and all the messing about it's absolutely awful and it's genuinely ruining what football should be. I'd be happy to deal with shite ref decisions to have football back.
You just celebrate the goal exactly like you did pre-VAR.

It's no different.
 
I'm old fashioned. Get rid of it. I know someone will be along to tell me how many times we'd have been disadvantaged if not for VAR but I just hate it. Not knowing if you can celebrate a goal and all the messing about it's absolutely awful and it's genuinely ruining what football should be. I'd be happy to deal with shite ref decisions to have football back.

I'd rather wait the extra time for confirmation of a goal than walking away from a Cup Final, for example, and finding out we'd lost to an offside goal.

What is it this season - 13 penalties out of 16 missed by the referee and only given due to VAR review?
 
I'd rather wait the extra time for confirmation of a goal than walking away from a Cup Final, for example, and finding out we'd lost to an offside goal.

What is it this season - 13 penalties out of 16 missed by the referee and only given due to VAR review?
No var in the old firm games and we won the league. You can look at it both ways. I hate what it does to a match experience so I want it gone.
 
Please, please, please bin it up here, single worst thing to hit football, it's killing it and completely ripping the soul from it.
 
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