World Cup: linesmen will not flag marginal offsides (VAR)

fez said:
Put it this way, would you be more annoyed having to watch a couple of goals disallowed because they were marginally offside or would you prefer a clear cut game changing chance to be stopped because a linesman made a bad call on a marginal offside.
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Honestly, I think i'd be more annoyed about the disallowed goals. It just undermines what's happening in front of you.

I mean, under this regime a significant percentage of all goals scored from beating the offside trap will be ruled out. I feel like we won't be able to trust what we are watching as it happens
 
SDK^ said:
Not so easy - the system would need to 'see' which player the ball was being passed to and where they are in relation to the defense line as the ball leaves the passing players foot.

GPS isn't accurate enough to measure tolerances down to the levels required
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I could imagine giving the linesmen some sort of google glass-style eyewear and adding in some augmented reality to highlight offside players.
 
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