Football: English Premier League to publish referee and VAR decisions
By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw
The English Premier League (EPL) has announced that the full judgements made by the Key Match Incidents (KMI) Panel on referee and video assistant referee decisions will be published for the first time in the new season.
They will be published on the EPL Match Centre account on X, on the Premier League website and the Premier League app.
This is one of the measures being brought in by the EPL to improve transparency.
The five members of the KMI Panel have met since the 2022-23 season, but until now the full judgements have been kept private, although there have been some leaks of information by some football clubs.
Every major incident is assessed and voted on, with feedback provided to the clubs and officials concerned.
The EPL will continue to discuss with the International Football Association Board (IFAB), which internationally sets the Laws of the Game, about allowing more VAR communications to be shared publicly. Currently, the IFAB refuses to allow the live broadcast of VAR discussions.
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