The English Premier League Will Ditch Its Hated VAR Offside Tech for a Fleet of iPhones
7 months, 1 week ago

The English Premier League Will Ditch Its Hated VAR Offside Tech for a Fleet of iPhones

Wired  

When you watch this year’s English Premier League soccer games, there’s a high chance you may get mad at some of the offside calls. That’s because the League's new offside-detection system is apparently able to spot a player's position on the field, and call them offside, with more accuracy than ever—and it’s all powered by iPhones. The League’s rollout of this new semiautomated offside tech later in the 2024–25 season won’t just provide long-awaited placation for players and fans frustrated by years of problems with previous video-assistant referee systems, from extensive delays and human process errors to concerns about the precision of in-game calls due to limitations of the existing technology. Genius Sports and subsidiary Second Spectrum, known for years of optical tracking and data-based work in NBA basketball, will be debuting this smartphone-based system known internally as “Dragon.” The system utilizes dozens of iPhones, using the cameras to capture high-frame-rate video from multiple angles.

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It’s time for the NHL to stop interference and offside reviews
10 months ago

It’s time for the NHL to stop interference and offside reviews

New York Times  

The symmetry was almost perfect. The linesman didn’t somehow miss the fact that Duchene was offside; rather, he thought that the Nashville Predators had directed the puck back into their own zone, which would negate an offside call. And, eventually, the confusion and frustration of such an obvious missed call coalesced around a seemingly easy solution: Why don’t we have …

FIFA World Cup 2022: What is offside rule and how it works? - Explained
2 years, 4 months ago

FIFA World Cup 2022: What is offside rule and how it works? - Explained

India TV News  

Image Source : Getty 1/7 FIFA World Cup 2022: What is offside rule and how it works? - Explained Image Source : Getty 2/7 The law states that a player is in an offside position if any of their body parts, except the hands and arms, are in the opponents' half of the pitch, and closer to the opponents' goal …

Van Basten calls for offside rule to be scrapped
3 years, 11 months ago

Van Basten calls for offside rule to be scrapped

The Hindu  

Former Netherlands forward Marco van Basten has called on football's lawmakers to consider scrapping the offside rule, saying the sport would be better off without it. Football's rulemaker IFAB this month said it was continuing to review the offside law, looking at suggestions, such as one from FIFA head of football development Arsene Wenger, for a switch that would give …

Arsene Wenger presents radical offside idea to FIFA president Gianni Infantino
4 years ago

Arsene Wenger presents radical offside idea to FIFA president Gianni Infantino

Daily Mail  

Arsene Wenger's radical idea to change the offside rule – which would see a player deemed onside if any part of them that can score a goal is in line with the second-last defender – has been presented to FIFA president Gianni Infantino. Infantino said Wenger had given a presentation on a proposed change to the offside law – with …

Wenger proposes rule change to 'sort out' marginal offsides
5 years, 1 month ago

Wenger proposes rule change to 'sort out' marginal offsides

The Hindu  

Arsene Wenger is proposing a change to the rules to reduce the number of marginal offside calls going against attacking players. Wenger, appointed Chief of Global Football Development at FIFA in November, wants the law to change so that a player would be onside if any part of their body with which they can score a goal is level or …

Football news: VAR's controversial offside system could be scrapped
5 years, 7 months ago

Football news: VAR's controversial offside system could be scrapped

Daily Mail  

VAR is already set to undergo changes to the way it processes offside calls, with a review over whether it should only intervene if there is a clear error set to take place. Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus appeal to referee Mike Dean after seeing a Manchester City goal ruled out against West Ham United by VAR Sterling's shoulder was …

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