Show notes: Podcast 292

Sound of Football Podcast 292 - Rise of the VAR

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The use of technology in football is something that this podcast has always viewed with a suspicious eye. Now, however, following a groundbreaking decision last year, the Video Assistant Referees (VARs) are on their way whether we like them or not. So is it time for us to embrace change and look forward to the new age of technologically enhanced decision-making?

With Graham Sibley, Jan Bilton and Terry Duffelen.

Duration: 43.34 | Filesize: 50.0MB (MP3)

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Links

• Guardian: No more blunders? Video assistant referees 'could change football forever'
• BBC: Video referees: FA wants to use technology in next season's FA Cup
• Independent: Barcelona vs PSG referee 'facing Uefa demotion' after controversial performance
• IFAB: How the VAR experiment will work - information sheet

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English League positions at time of recording: Premier League | Championship | League One | League Two