FPF – 2:00 pm
By Writing
The Arbitration Council of the Portuguese Football Federation announced, this Monday, that “some audio communications with the VAR” will be released from the 2023/2024 season.
The objective of the Arbitration Council is «pedagogical, in line with what it has always considered to be adequate practice».
Read the statement in full:
“The Referees Council communicated this Monday to category C1 referees and assistants that some audio communications with the VAR will be made public from the 2023/24 season.
The objective of the Arbitration Council is educational, in line with what it has always considered to be adequate practice.
As happened in the first season of the introduction of VAR in Portugal, the Arbitration Council is of the opinion that the dissemination of audios helps to fully understand the role of refereeing. Moreover, the same happens with the publication of arbitration reports, a practice introduced by this CA.
In 2017, probably because everything is new, the impact of disclosing the audios was not the desired one, having even contributed to increasing the noise around the tool, without benefit to the game.
Seven years after the introduction of VAR in football competitions, the Arbitration Council understands that there is enough knowledge and maturity among football agents and fans, which will make this disclosure something normal and useful.
Thus, in the season that now begins, the CA will publish, once a month, the audios of the conversations between field referees and VAR in all bids evaluated on the screen available on the pitch.
The Arbitration Council will evaluate the impact of this decision during the course of the season and will maintain it if it understands that the benefits for football and for the understanding of the work of arbitration agents are unequivocal.”
2023-07-24 13:57:00
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