Did they really need another industry specialists to explain/demonstrate this?
How can the same clarity and professionalism be present in another English sport (Cricket), but not in the far richer PL?
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Player or Umpire Review option, each has distinct hand sign
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Player review capped at 2 per innings, and 15 sec clock after any umpire decision, before the window to challenge it closes
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As soon as sign made, the 3rd umpire controlling DRS (Decision Review System), turns mic on, broadcast to everyone on field and on air: ‘Umpire/Player review for X, Original decision was Y’
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Then conducts video analysis, all the time mic on, on-air. Gives reasoning and decision as per laws of game. Asks on field umpire to reverse or uphold decision, AND on-field screen shows entire process and decision in writing.
You’re telling me no one in professional football ever saw this in professional cricket?
Or does PGMOL not want oversight and responsibility?
It’s not about objective vs subjective rules.
The specific post is about communication howlers in VAR.
It’s about process which tennis, rugby, cricket have all shown for years to be very transparent and meticulous.
Football’s refusal to benchmark and adapt these SOPs is the problem.
Not the fact that a ‘reckless tackle worthy of red vs yellow’ is a subjective call (which it is) - follow a transparent process, mic up, and own your decisions.
PGMOL makes calls and then gives hare brained explanations to protect its ilk.