I don't know which option to pick as I feel I don't agree with those 2. I think VAR is a great tool that is being grossly misused. To start, there are always questions as to where and how it should apply.
For example, let's say team A recovers the ball 3 times in a game. 2 of those times it looked like very dangerous counter-attacks but the ref wrongly calls a foul. The third time, it's actually a foul, the ref doesn't call it, team A scores, VAR calls the ref, and the go is disallowed. Are we using it too much or too little? Team A was clearly and unfairly penalized by the actions of the ref in the first 2 situations and VAR was only able to correct the decision that went wrongly in their favor. Should refs start allowing the play to go on in these situations, the same way they do with offsides, to allow the VAR to correct it if needed?
Another situation that is unfair: Team A commits a penalty but the ref doesn't see it. The game goes on, the ball doesn't go out for a couple of minutes. Team A eventually scores but VAR calls for a penalty. The penalty should 100% be called here but Team also lost a legal goal here. Calls like this shouldn't have to wait for the ball to go out. They should call the ref as soon as possible and, unless it's a dangerous situation, the ref should stop the game to make the decision as soon as possible.
Now, the offside situation. We used to have an offside rule that relied on the assistants to spot it and decide it in real-time. The rule was that, when in doubt, don't call for offside. The good thing with VAR is that it catches the terrible decisions of half a meter or more offside or onside that were wrongly called. The bad thing is that they call these 1 foot or less offside as offside. They are applying the rules, it's not their fault. But, we have a new technology and we're applying it with the same old rules. The offside rule needs to be updated so that these situations are valid goals because they clearly don't respect the whole idea of offside.
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