Not sure he's heading the team, just that he's now a permanent VAR along with the other idiot, Lee Mason. I believe all it means is that they are the only ones that only do VAR whereas others also referee matches.
You make it sound like the EPL want to get rid of it. I'm not sure that's the case, what they want is an improvement in the decisions of the referees operating the system. Remember it was brought in because refereeing standards were in decline (pretty much since Riley became head of the...