TY - JOUR
T1 - The Moral Gatekeeper
T2 - Soccer and Technology, the Case of Video Assistant Referee (VAR)
AU - Tamir, Ilan
AU - Bar-eli, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2021 Tamir and Bar-eli.
PY - 2021/1/12
Y1 - 2021/1/12
N2 - Video assistant referee was officially introduced into soccer regulations in 2018, after many years in which referee errors were justified as being “part of the game.” The technology’s penetration into the soccer field was accompanied by concerns and much criticism that, to a large degree, continues to be voiced with frequency. This paper argues that, despite fierce objections and extensive criticism, VAR represents an important revision in modern professional soccer, and moreover, it completes a moral revolution in the evolution of the sport as a whole. Theoretically speaking, this technology enables an improvement in the sport’s professional standards and its public image and prestige, and especially its moral standards – Fair play. Furthermore, the introduction of this technology makes it possible to discover additional weaknesses (Standardization for extra time, a clear definition of a handball offense and more) that professional soccer regulations will probably be forced to address in the future.
AB - Video assistant referee was officially introduced into soccer regulations in 2018, after many years in which referee errors were justified as being “part of the game.” The technology’s penetration into the soccer field was accompanied by concerns and much criticism that, to a large degree, continues to be voiced with frequency. This paper argues that, despite fierce objections and extensive criticism, VAR represents an important revision in modern professional soccer, and moreover, it completes a moral revolution in the evolution of the sport as a whole. Theoretically speaking, this technology enables an improvement in the sport’s professional standards and its public image and prestige, and especially its moral standards – Fair play. Furthermore, the introduction of this technology makes it possible to discover additional weaknesses (Standardization for extra time, a clear definition of a handball offense and more) that professional soccer regulations will probably be forced to address in the future.
KW - VAR
KW - moral
KW - soccer
KW - sport
KW - technology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85100065734&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.613469
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.613469
M3 - Article
C2 - 33510692
AN - SCOPUS:85100065734
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 11
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 613469
ER -