[Football] £10k for VAR today

Dick Swiveller

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Just browsing the Blackpool forum and didn't realise that they have to pony up £5k for VAR today. The cost was £9251 + VAT last season (rules this year are vague) to be removed from the proceeds. Given there is no gate income, will that come out of their prize money? And given the game is televised anyway, what is Oliver having for lunch that justifies that much money?

Hopefully we do the right thing and pay it all if we win.

 

Green Cross Code Man

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Mar 30, 2006

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• Jan 23, 2021

• #2

Paying for var. Total joke to pay for that rubbish.

 

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Green Cross Code Man said:

Paying for var. Total joke to pay for that rubbish.

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Bad enough it's there let alone having to pay for it.

Insult to injury

 

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Dick Swiveller said:

Just browsing the Blackpool forum and didn't realise that they have to pony up £5k for VAR today. The cost was £9251 + VAT last season (rules this year are vague) to be removed from the proceeds. Given there is no gate income, will that come out of their prize money? And given the game is televised anyway, what is Oliver having for lunch that justifies that much money?

Hopefully we do the right thing and pay it all if we win.

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Only if we win on a VAR decision..

 

Dick Swiveller

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Bear in mind Blackpool waived their expenses when they played Eastbourne Borough.

 

vagabond

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Dick Swiveller said:

Just browsing the Blackpool forum and didn't realise that they have to pony up £5k for VAR today. The cost was £9251 + VAT last season (rules this year are vague) to be removed from the proceeds. Given there is no gate income, will that come out of their prize money? And given the game is televised anyway, what is Oliver having for lunch that justifies that much money?

Hopefully we do the right thing and pay it all if we win.

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Well, you’re looking at VAR in a vacuum like it’s just one thing.

It’s a component of numerous jobs, roles and so on I guess. Assistant referees, video monitoring, additional camera crews, audio set for between the VAR team and the referee. Quite a lot of jobs there, people get paid, maybe some I’m missing.

 

sydney

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Green Cross Code Man said:

Paying for var. Total joke to pay for that rubbish.

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yet another rort

 

Dick Swiveller

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vagabond said:

Well, you’re looking at VAR in a vacuum like it’s just one thing.

It’s a component of numerous jobs, roles and so on I guess. Assistant referees, video monitoring, additional camera crews, audio set for between the VAR team and the referee. Quite a lot of jobs there, people get paid, maybe some I’m missing.

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Setting aside the fact you are arguing with satire, it is still an awful lot of money to expect a lower league side to pay/lose because they have the misfortune to be drawn away at a club that has to use it.

 

Green Cross Code Man

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• Jan 23, 2021

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vagabond said:

Well, you’re looking at VAR in a vacuum like it’s just one thing.

It’s a component of numerous jobs, roles and so on I guess. Assistant referees, video monitoring, additional camera crews, audio set for between the VAR team and the referee. Quite a lot of jobs there, people get paid, maybe some I’m missing.

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And all of them a waste of time and money. var has done nothing to improve football, over-all its contribution has been incredibly negative, especially when watching the match live at the ground.

 

studio150

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• Jan 23, 2021

• #10

As it wasn't used, do we get a refund

 

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#defundtheVAR

 

Birdie Boy

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Last year people moaned that it was only used when at a premier league ground in the cup, now people moaning that someone has to pay for it at every match. Moan moan moan.

 

Driver8

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Birdie Boy said:

Last year people moaned that it was only used when at a premier league ground in the cup, now people moaning that someone has to pay for it at every match. Moan moan moan.

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It is still only used at Premier League grounds in the cup.

 

Cotton Socks

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• Jan 23, 2021

• #14

Are you sure the VAR was actually there? I think they were fraudulently invoiced. Usually there's at least 3 checks for something that wasn't a clear and obvious error.