A new football heresy - Extended powers of VAR, NFL-style time management, sin-bins...

Everyone is whining about VAR. In many countries, video technology is used in a really weird way, there is no way that something will not be controversial, especially in the Premier League, fans often do not understand certain decisions, every now and then they need to use "mathematical formulas" to justify certain decisions, but even so IFAB (International Football Association Board) is considering expanding the jurisdiction of referees from the VAR room?!

At least that is what the media all over Europe are reporting, referring to their sources who claim that they have been meeting in London for days and considering how the VAR referees could be even more involved in the game itself.

What this means in practice has not been explained in detail, but it is speculated that in the future video technology could also be responsible for yellow cards, violations in the penalty area, for corners...

Understandably, all that would take much more time than before, so there is also a decision in circulation that the head referee stops the time after each call from the VAR room. In short, we would have a system as implemented in the NFL.

The IFAB presented its members the innovations that it plans to test in the coming months in some amateur leagues, and the goal, they say, is to make the sport as fair as possible.

In addition to stopping the clock, writes Mundo Deportivo, the most significant change would be a temporary exclusion for players, but not for a rough start, but for "indecent behavior towards the referees, all with the aim of increasing respect".

The proposal that will be put to the vote: during the match, only the captain will be able to address the referee, and that with due respect. All others will risk being excluded from the field for a certain period of time with every word sent to the referee. Not yet proposed how long it will be...

IFAB is working hard to ensure that spectators both in the stadium and on television have the opportunity to hear the referee's conversations with those in the VAR room. It is believed that this type of transparency would significantly contribute to regularity.

In the end, what perhaps annoys football fans the most at the moment is the uneven criteria when awarding penalties due to handling the ball in the penalty area.

"At the moment, decisions of this type are the most controversial and cause the most comments, because a lot depends on the referee's decision. The plan is that in the future there will be far fewer free interpretations, and more clean decisions, clearly prescribed by the rulebook," the text of the Catalan newspaper reads.

In football, the rules change the hardest and the slowest compared to all other sports, that is well known. However, due to the not very happy implementation of video technology, in recent years it is estimated that the 'replenishment of VAR powers' will go much faster.

The chances that we will see the new rules already at the European Championship in Germany are not big. For such a thing to happen, everything would have to be tested at the next meeting in March 2024, as well as for the majority to vote for changes.

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As a reminder, IFAB is a body founded as far back as 1886 by the United Kingdom Football Associations. The primary goal was to establish uniform rules for all states on the Island. Upon its foundation in 1904, FIFA announced that it recognized all the rules of the IFAB, and in 1913 it was accepted as a member of this organization, with the right to vote.

In 1958, on the eve of the World Cup in Sweden at its regular Congress, the World Football Federation received significantly greater powers within the IFAB. Instead of one, it got four representatives, as many as the states of the United Kingdom - one each (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales). All decisions become valid only if six out of a total of eight representatives vote for them.

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