Why the Talking Heads Hate the VAR
You hear it every week, they run entire shows discussing it , and the media despise it , but why?
Well punters here’s the guts, my humble view from just a lifetime of watching the NRL (well not since they handed it over to Murdock) but I hear the whaling, and football ( even bigger whaling) from the commentary boxes.
Since sports were called from radio first up the commentary was taken as gospel and that reliance of the the opinion was nearly always supported by a commentator who had experience in the sport, either playing or long term in the box, (IE Norman May, Wolstonhome , Walker, Tyler, Tapp, Magilvary) to name just a few, all had credibility, all were balanced and respected, a important factor in their professional careers .
Then came along the clown shows where cricketers wore coloured pyjamas and TV presentations and presenters decided they were part of the gig and wanted the bathe in the glory with the benefit of hindsight and video replays where their call was more important than then actual event we were watching or paying to watch.
This trend continues and now it runs its own competition of who gets the mike and dress up in the suits, and in Australia its a real battle of the super dickheads versus intelligent females in the football code calling rages.
Then enter this animal called the VAR and all of a sudden the elation of the commentator be it bias or balanced was challenged and to this day the right decision, the fair decision , is challenged as the talking heads need to look harder rather than talk or shout louder.
That’s beyond many sporting IQ as their experience and knowledge is questioned, or exposed and often they come up very short when the camera which they worship to make their profiles proves them undoubtably wrong… and proves it, taking away the what ifs, which they themselves should have taken into account.
Yep egg all over their faces on replay, not good for the profile on voice replay on the record.
Their response is to debunk the system, hand it back to doubt and controversy that makes easy media and their lack of talent securely hidden.
Its pretty easy to pick the journalists and the bozo’s as its always a decision that goes against their preferences and picks they rate themselves pre game, and when post game arrives the excuses and blame is allocated and VAR dampens the hype.
I can’t close without saying we in Australia need to have varying commentary on our football as for too long we have been brainwashed by the English game and yes it was all we saw and allowed to see, as the rest of the worlds game was never broadcast. That colonial culture still exists which is detrimental to our games progress in our nation, our youth needs to learn the world game from all the world, every week not just at World Cup time.
The Lateral Hazard 