It may make some CRs less likely to blow the whistle in real time, assuming if they really mess it up, they will get bailed out.
Any VAR call is essentially saying to the CR that "I think you blew it". We have seen many examples of that being absolutely true but the CR's pride is so strong and they are so convinced they made the correct call in real time that they are unwilling to be open minded (we have seen obvious hand balls in the box blocking a shot on goal where the CR still insists not a hand ball - mostly because he should be embarrassed he missed it in real time. The flip side is that MOST plays that are sent from VAR to the CR are overturned because the CR knows another referee thinks they missed something --- which then puts a very high bar in the VAR's mind.
There is no clear rule on how much contact constitutes a foul (mostly it is did you gain an advantage from more than just incidental contact that wasn't legal - shoulder to shoulder). But there is no league in the world where you are allowed to back into a keeper going to the ball, put your arm over hers to hold it down then run into her knocking her over ... in the goal box and it not be a foul. That was just silly because both the CR and VAR were essentially saying there was no contact or it was completely incidental / minimal. I do get it that a CR might have missed the full extent of the arm block and running into the keeper in real time, but VAR should have at least told him to take a look.
The things VAR have overturned this year have mostly been bizarre (The Endo goal for ACFC the first weekend) but this is generally how VAR is. They'll call the marginal stuff that no one wants because they can say it's clear and obvious (Leon's handball last week, offside) but most stuff they'll let go because it's subjective.
I thought VAR would help way more, but it seems to be more of a hinderance. Really unfortunate.
The psychology of VAR is always interesting.
It may make some CRs less likely to blow the whistle in real time, assuming if they really mess it up, they will get bailed out.
Any VAR call is essentially saying to the CR that "I think you blew it". We have seen many examples of that being absolutely true but the CR's pride is so strong and they are so convinced they made the correct call in real time that they are unwilling to be open minded (we have seen obvious hand balls in the box blocking a shot on goal where the CR still insists not a hand ball - mostly because he should be embarrassed he missed it in real time. The flip side is that MOST plays that are sent from VAR to the CR are overturned because the CR knows another referee thinks they missed something --- which then puts a very high bar in the VAR's mind.
There is no clear rule on how much contact constitutes a foul (mostly it is did you gain an advantage from more than just incidental contact that wasn't legal - shoulder to shoulder). But there is no league in the world where you are allowed to back into a keeper going to the ball, put your arm over hers to hold it down then run into her knocking her over ... in the goal box and it not be a foul. That was just silly because both the CR and VAR were essentially saying there was no contact or it was completely incidental / minimal. I do get it that a CR might have missed the full extent of the arm block and running into the keeper in real time, but VAR should have at least told him to take a look.
The things VAR have overturned this year have mostly been bizarre (The Endo goal for ACFC the first weekend) but this is generally how VAR is. They'll call the marginal stuff that no one wants because they can say it's clear and obvious (Leon's handball last week, offside) but most stuff they'll let go because it's subjective.