The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) is changing yet again in an attempt to bring clarity to contentious penalties and offside decisions.
The Peoples Person revealed in June that there would be modifications to VAR for the upcoming season, and those adjustments have already been apparent.
The system was established two seasons ago and has seen numerous revisions in its operation, with many fans still dissatisfied and annoyed by some of the controversial judgments made.
According to the Express, major modifications will be made in the upcoming season in order to reduce penalty errors.
Strikers will no longer be able to win penalties by tripping over trailing legs, which was considered as a harsh decision by many supporters around the country.
Narrow offsides, such as "toenail offsides" and "armpit offsides," will not be awarded since VAR will no longer employ the pixel-perfect cross lines used at the European Championships.
Mike Riley, the general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited, is now on the road speaking to Premier League clubs about the new rules that have been implemented.
Riley addressed the media, according to the official Man United website, clearing up the controversies from last season.
“Fundamentally, we want the approach to be one that best allows the players to express themselves, allows Premier League games to flow, and means the refereeing staff, both as referee and as VAR, does not intervene for minor infractions,” he said.
“Let's develop a free-flowing game with a somewhat greater threshold than last season.
“On marginal offside, we've virtually reintroduced the attacking player's benefit of the doubt.
“If we have a close offside decision, we continue to use the one-pixel lines as we did last season; we'll then use the thicker broadcast lines, and where they overlap, those circumstances will now be considered onside.”
Now that it has been proven, fans will be hoping that the referees will eliminate the controversially disallowed goals from the game, and that football will return to its pre-VAR state of free-flowing play.
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