Premier League: Premier League to introduce public airing of referee-VAR conversations, AIM to enhance transparency and accountability in officiating – Check Out

Premier League: It has been announced that conversations between Premier League referees and VARs will be made public for the first time on Monday with PGMOL chairman Howard Webb guiding listeners through the recordings. For Liverpool’s game against Leicester on Monday night, the Premier League plans to test out allowing spectators to overhear exchanges between the referee and VAR officials. Follow all Premier League LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN

On Monday night, Howard Webb, the chief of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), will analyze the audio of the discussions between the officials to reduce confusion and enhance transparency in officiating.

Webb is scheduled to appear on Sky Sports’ Monday Night Football alongside Gary Neville and Jamie Carragher, where he will explain some of the major decisions taken during the 2022-23 season.

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Referee Recordings will be made public

The Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) is determined to minimize the confusion surrounding controversial calls, and this one-off pilot is an attempt to achieve that goal.

Premier League introduces public airing of referee-VAR conversations to enhance transparency and accountability in officiating

If it is deemed successful, the audio could be made public more frequently next season.

The International Football Association Board (IFAB) has informed that it would not object to audio recordings being released.

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Sky’s MNF To Present Match Officials: Mic’d Up

Sky’s Monday Night Football show will allow for the customary pre-match coverage of the Leicester versus Liverpool game before the VAR conversation featuring Howard Webb.

Sky’s MNF To Present Match Officials: Mic’d Up

At the same time, a 30-minute pilot show named ‘Match Officials: Mic’d Up‘ will be broadcasted.

The show will highlight chosen incidents from the 2022-23 season to help fans understand how and why referees and VARs make different decisions.

It is a coincidence that Webb will appear on the show before a match involving Liverpool, whose manager Jurgen Klopp has recently had disagreements with the match officials.

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