"The Premier League is set to reject increased powers for Video Assistant Referees for next season, following advice from match officials. Refereeing body Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO) has urged the league to turn down the opportunity to implement increased VAR use, warning that it could drastically increase the length of matches. However, some changes to VAR will be implemented next season that the league is unable to reject."
"Following changes approved by the International Football Association Board (Ifab) in February, VAR will be permitted to intervene on the awarding of corners from next season, but the new law is not mandatory, leaving leagues in a position to decide for themselves whether or not they want to implement the change. This will be in use at this summer's World Cup, with FIFA keen to widen the scope of VAR's powers."
"Both FIFA boss Gianni Infantino and chair of its referees committee, Pierluigi Collina believe that an incorrect corner decision could have a big impact on a World Cup match, especially once the tournament progresses beyond the group stages. However, PGMO are less concerned about the impact an incorrect corner decision could have over the course of a 38-game season."
"Instead, they have urged the Premier League not to accept the proposed new laws, with fears over significantly increased match times and added pressure on match officials, according to a report in the Guardian. The report goes on to state that the league's clubs are broadly in agreement with PGMO's position and that there is no real appetite to bring in VAR use to decide on"
The Premier League plans to reject proposed increases to Video Assistant Referee powers for next season after advice from match officials. The Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO) urged the league to decline expanded VAR use, warning it could drastically increase match lengths. Some VAR changes will still be implemented because they cannot be rejected. VAR will be allowed to intervene on the awarding of corners next season under February changes approved by IFAB, though the law is not mandatory. VAR will also be able to intervene for second yellow cards. FIFA plans to use these changes at the World Cup and wants to widen VAR’s scope, while PGMO is concerned about longer matches and added pressure on officials.
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