Chris Dunlavy

PLANS: Rick Parry

Rick Parry, the EFL chairman, says implementing VAR in the EFL would provide a “significant lift” to refereeing accuracy and is exploring plans to have the technology in place by 2023.
Statistically, Parry may be correct. But if accuracy is gained at the cost of tempo and flow, is it really worth it?
VAR was conceived as a seamless and unobtrusive refereeing aid but, despite major improvements since its inception in 2019, the current system remains heavy-handed, confusingly arbitrary, and often contradicts its stated directive to change only clear and obv...