EPL referees kick against new change in VAR

<p>Premier League referees have kicked against a rule change which could see fans listen to the conversations between match officials and the VARs while they are happening.</p>, <p>This was revealed by FA chief executive, Mark Bullingham.</p>, <p>Bullingham, who is also a director at IFAB, the body which determines the laws of the game, claimed they considered making the audio available to fans live to increase “transparency”.</p>, <p>However, there is a “split” on the idea between officials and “marketing-and-commercial people”.</p>, <p>“That is something we have talked about in multiple IFABs,” Bullingham said.</p>, <p>“Generally there is a split in the room over that, and quite often it is between the marketing-and-commercial people and the referees.</p>, <p>“Our point of view from the marketing and commercial perspective would normally be that transparency is a really good thing, and we want to have fans to have the maximum experience.</p>, <p>“I think we have taken a step in that direction with announcing the decision by the referee and I think that is a step forward – the fans in the stadium should never know less than the fans watching on TV,” he said.</p>, <p>Bullingham’s comments come after a major communication error resulted in Liverpool having a goal wrongly disallowed in their 2-1 defeat to Tottenham last month.</p>