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#4 Speed up the process
This proposal is the easiest to implement and one related to the suggestion of punishing only “clear and obvious” errors.
When a referee elects to view a VAR call, they can take a painstakingly long period of time to make a call. For example, there was an eight-minute delay in Argentina’s 3-3 Women’s World Cup draw with Scotland on Wednesday between referee Ri Hyang-ok to view an incident and the penalty kick finally being scored.
Although there were two separate issues involved in this, as well as heated dispute from the Scots, there is little doubt that such a prolonged hold up is to the extreme detriment of the game.
The solution is a simple one. Allow the referee an allotted time period in which to review the incident – for example 30 or 45 seconds. It should only be played in real time but could be seen from a variety of camera angles.
If the referee cannot make up his or her mind that they have made an error in that timeframe, clearly the error – if there even was one – is not “clear and obvious” enough to merit the initial call being overturned.
That way, there is much less of a delay and the spectacle is a more satisfactory one for fans. Easy.
