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Norway top-flight clubs vote to scrap VAR amid fan outrage​

Norway is set to become the first country to abandon VAR after 19 of its 32 clubs voted Wednesday to scrap video refereeing in the country's top division.

Following a four-month consultation period involving clubs, players and supporters' groups, clubs from Norway's first and second tier voted on whether to scrap VAR, and the outcome of the vote led to a recommendation that the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF) rubber-stamp the result.

The NFF is expected to make a final decision in March, although sources told ESPN that the governing body could yet overrule the vote.

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Fans in Norway have got their wish to scrap VAR. Mark Ogden/ESPN

Norway's top division, the Eliteserien, introduced VAR in 2023, but fans across the country have been vocal in their opposition to the system.

Earlier this season, Rosenborg's game against Lillestrøm was abandoned because supporters threw fish cakes onto the pitch in protest of VAR. Other fixtures were interrupted by champagne corks, croissants and tennis balls being thrown onto the pitch.

The fan unrest led to the consultation period and the prospect of the NFF scrapping VAR.
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Norway clubs vote to scrap VAR after fan outrage

Norway is set to become the first country to abandon VAR after 19 of its 32 clubs voted Wednesday to scrap video refereeing in the country's top division.
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Interesting stat quoted above viz the EPL over the last 10 years. Only 13% more penalties with VAR in the last 5 years compared to the 5 years prior without VAR. I would have expected there to be a lot more. Shows that the refs had been doing a pretty good job.
 
The keeper faking injury is another tissue delaying games now.

Given so many penalties and reds are actually accidental, natural momentum clashes, have players decided to milk it more as they know there'll be a review?

I get the shin swipe is painful but a decade ago players didn't go down like they'd been shot.

We need to revert to natural flowing play and play on. Player welfare is the guise used to slow down games but the sooner we wave the crap away the better the games will become.
 
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