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

By Ty Finch | Jul 14, 2017

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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NEW DELHI, INDIA – JULY 6: Hundreds of shopkeepers of Purani Delhi markets Chandhi Chowk, Sadar Bazaar, Kashmiri Gate and other prominent markets of Delhi participate in massive agitation to demands the amendment on Delhi Rent Control act which is affecting the livelihood of 40 lakhs people of Delhi, on July 6, 2017 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images) /

Village of Angry Residents

An entire village of angry residents is still favorable to dealing with VAR. Who knows, maybe the village is already fed up with the system in place? Maybe there no longer are any affordable pieces of real estate in the village due to inflation? The residents may have had to take in less than adequate roommates to help aid the increasing prices.

In nearly every way, a village of angry residents is favorable to VAR. For one, villages are generally small in terms of population. Ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand, at least the number of people who are angry is limited. VAR accrues the wrath of any soccer fan who wants to participate.

Millions of fans watched the 2017 Confederations Cup, and millions were annoyed in some way due to the VAR system. Thanks to Twitter and other social media, every one of those annoyed fans could voice their opinion. Hundreds of millions of internet users can anonymously comment and belittle the process. I’ll take the hundreds of village folk.

In addition, everyone dislikes something different about VAR. Millions of differing opinions about a faulty, inchoate system is a recipe for disaster. On the other hand, if an entire village of residents is angry, there is a unifying idea among the group.

It is much easier and less of a hassle to deal with a unified group of people than a mass of unhinged fanatics. For that reason alone, a village of angry residents would come out on top. In addition, in movies, this would signify that something big is about to happen. People upset that VAR didn’t work out in their favor is a less intriguing plot-line.

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