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Analysis of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in football
| Resumo: | Technology has long been part of sports and recently football has also started to modernize, with the introduction of goal line technology and VAR, International Football Association Board (IFAB) and Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) finally opened the way for technology to help referees make in-game decisions. This paper aims to analyze the impact of VAR in football, the analysis will include VAR’s weaknesses, research regarding if it is the most appropriate technology to correct human error, football’s fans perception of VAR and finally if AI could one day be introduced in order to help referees evaluate subjective in-game controversial situations. For the purpose of this paper to be achieved, surveys regarding football fans’ opinion on the VAR and openness to the introduction of new technologies in football will be performed and statistics and factual data regarding VAR will have to be obtained. Finally, by adding new research concerning a very recent topic, new technologies and opportunities can be proposed in order to make football fairer and future studies regarding this subject will be able to expand on this topic |
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| Autores principais: | Vale, André Silva do |
| Assunto: | Technology Football Video Assistant Referee |
| Ano: | 2023 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade Nova de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório Institucional da UNL |
| Resumo: | Technology has long been part of sports and recently football has also started to modernize, with the introduction of goal line technology and VAR, International Football Association Board (IFAB) and Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) finally opened the way for technology to help referees make in-game decisions. This paper aims to analyze the impact of VAR in football, the analysis will include VAR’s weaknesses, research regarding if it is the most appropriate technology to correct human error, football’s fans perception of VAR and finally if AI could one day be introduced in order to help referees evaluate subjective in-game controversial situations. For the purpose of this paper to be achieved, surveys regarding football fans’ opinion on the VAR and openness to the introduction of new technologies in football will be performed and statistics and factual data regarding VAR will have to be obtained. Finally, by adding new research concerning a very recent topic, new technologies and opportunities can be proposed in order to make football fairer and future studies regarding this subject will be able to expand on this topic |
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