The Premier League announced significant progress in its testing of semi-automated VAR offside technology (SAOT), intending to implement it within the current season. Originally, clubs had voted unanimously for its introduction to cut offside check time by an average of 31 seconds. Although the system faced delays and previous assurances had not materialized, Tony Scholes, the Premier League’s chief football officer, expressed hope for its introduction, emphasizing the importance of ensuring the technology's reliability before live implementation.
"We're in a different place to when I spoke to managers just over Christmas, we've made a lot of progress in this area."
"We're not going to introduce it if we've got any doubts at all with regards to its operation."
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