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10 things VAR could stand for that would be less annoying than Video Assistant Referee

By Ty Finch

CHIBA, JAPAN - JULY 12: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Referee Kenji Ogiya shows an yellow card to Daigo Furukawa (R) of JEF United Chiba during the 97th Emperor's Cup third round match between JEF United Chiba and Gamba Osaka at Fukuda Denshi Arena on July 12, 2017 in Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)
CHIBA, JAPAN - JULY 12: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Referee Kenji Ogiya shows an yellow card to Daigo Furukawa (R) of JEF United Chiba during the 97th Emperor's Cup third round match between JEF United Chiba and Gamba Osaka at Fukuda Denshi Arena on July 12, 2017 in Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Etsuo Hara/Getty Images) /
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QINDAO, CHINA – JULY 12: Tourists swarm in a crowded beach on July 12, 2017 in Qindao, China.PHOTOGRAPH BY Feature China / Barcroft Images. Photo credit should read Feature China / Barcroft Images / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
QINDAO, CHINA – JULY 12: Tourists swarm in a crowded beach on July 12, 2017 in Qindao, China.PHOTOGRAPH BY Feature China / Barcroft Images. Photo credit should read Feature China / Barcroft Images / Barcroft Media via Getty Images) /

Vacating All Responsibilities

Simply typing those words fills me with a fleeting sense of relief. Imagine being able to vacate all of your responsibilities for even a small period of time. What could be better than that? If VAR even crossed your mind, you may need to see a therapist.

Vacating all responsibilities sounds like a wonderful idea at first. The idea of not having to worry about any issues you’re currently facing seems like bliss. No job to stress over, no family to take care of, no bills to pay. For an extended period of time, the only focus is to decide on what you want to do next. Should you lay out in the sun and finish the expensive fruity drink you bought or get in the refreshing water? Decisions, decisions.

However, living this way can have unintentional consequences.

Ridding yourself of your responsibilities would mean leaving your job, which means you have a finite amount of time to enjoy this new lifestyle. Those fruity, $10 drinks are running you bankrupt. You have no place to live and no money in the middle of nowhere. Now living in an alley miles behind the beach, you share lunch with a dog.

Suddenly, having responsibilities doesn’t seem so bad after all. Is this what being an adult is like? Talking yourself into having things to take care of? Turning something that initially seems like a fantastic idea into an existential life crisis?

Of course, both of those options seem better than going another round with VAR. You might ask yourself, is ruining your life comparable to sitting through a minute of VAR trying to confirm a goal? Well, that just tells you what I think about VAR.

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