A video assistant referee for the footballers in the A-class?
Sounds strange, but Fifa has done worse things.
Would Türkgücü Erding be the last one if there were video evidence in the district class? One calabrated line here (TGE - Aspis 1: 2), eight lines there (TGE - Forstern 1: 8) - whoosh, a few more points would be up the account.
So, bring on the video evidence?
In all honesty, to introduce the video assistant referee (VAR) in amateur football as well - that is currently being checked - that would not be your greatest nonsense, dear Fifa.
But only because you set the bar too high for that beforehand (the World Cup in Qatar, for example, is like a seven-meter set in a pole vault).
But respect, dear world federation, with the suggestion for amateur football variant you are just below it.
The idea of making amateur football fairer using digital technology is, at best, well-intentioned, but at the same time very unworldly nonsense.
Where would the extra referees come from and how long would a game last?
But let's see it positively: at least the “VAR light” is good for a few mind games.
We are happy to look for a basement where the VARs would watch the games.
Obvious would be Dorfen, the hemadlenznärmelige district counterpart to the foolish Cologne.
But are there any suitable cellars?
A few thousand worms undermined the football field a few years ago, but won't be enough.
That is why we propose a mobile station that drives to its locations - a VAR-light-Express, so to speak.
And then we look forward to such dialogues between video man and referee:
"We have to check the red card." - "Hey, that was an honest Holzland bloodline as the last man" - "Yes, but you missed the wrong throw-in six minutes before."
“Goal!” - “How?
What? ”-“ Sorry, not meant for you ”-“ Finally switch off Sky GO.
Lengdorf plays here, not Liverpool. "
“You can't take back the goal for Fraunberg, referee.” - “That was three meters offside” - “I don't care, I’m already on Insta and Tiktok, 8000 hits wow!”
Yes, it will come to that one day
"Video killed the Referee-Star" - The Buggles have already sung it.
Referee oldies like Jakob Huber or Dieter Prechtl will no longer tell the 14-year-old newcomer grandfatherly about battles on the Hörgersdorf Golan Heights or the Neuchingen alternative area, but meekly ask: "Which app was now again for goal line technology?"
Don't worry, the regular referee table afterwards should stay exciting. How would the infallible Christian Trompke deal with the fact that the good-natured Rudi Tenner corrected him three times?
Are the most important decisions shown and discussed on the big screen?
No problem - as long as there is a 14-year-old who couples the projector with the VAR app.
Incidentally, there is said to have been some kind of video evidence in regional league football: In the game against Hochspeyer, the referee did not recognize a goal for SV Mölschbach because he had previously seen the ball out of bounds.
A spectator showed his smartphone recording to the referee, who changed his decision.
The game was then repeated.
The time is not yet ripe for a digital kick.