Video Assistant Referees – hated or celebrated?
Video Assistant Referees has 0 counted ballots in the last 30 days, too few for a reading. The reading appears at 10. The outside measurements below are what exists.
16 Aug 2026 to 14 Sept 2026 · model v1.0 · no snapshot yet
The reading
0 counted ballots · no reading until 10
Source: hateorcelebrate.com · open online vote, self-selected, not a poll · n = 0 · 30 days to 14 Sept 2026
Your verdict
One ballot per browser per day, counted the moment it lands. This is the same ballot and the same dedupe as the daily card; there is no second, weaker vote path on this page.
Sport & Leisure
Video Assistant Referees
Where do you land?
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Reading history
One point per day, each of them the 30-day window ending that day. A day with no snapshot is a gap in the line, never a line drawn through it.
History starts when seven daily snapshots exist with a reading.
Daily snapshots with a reading so far: 0. A snapshot is written once a day and carries a reading only once the subject has ten counted ballots in the window.
Distribution
Ballots shown
No counted ballots in the last 30 days. Nothing is drawn, because there is nothing to draw.
- Counted, this subject, 30 days
- 0
- Counted, this subject, all time
- 0
- Quarantined pending review, this subject
- 0
- Excluded from every public number, site-wide
- 7
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Prior readings
Every row below is quoted as its publisher published it, with a link to the source and the date it was read.
| Publisher | Field dates | n | Question asked | Result as published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YouGovAccessed 2026-09-14 | 20 May 2026to 21 May 2026 | 434 | At the beginning of the 2019-2020 season, the English Premier League introduced Video Assistant Referees (commonly known as VAR) to all matches. How well or badly would you say VAR has worked in the Premier League so far? [Asked only to those who watch men's English Premier League football matches very or fairly frequently; n=434, drawn from a total sample of 2,007 GB adults] | Worked very well 3; Worked fairly well 24; TOTAL WORKED WELL 27; Neither worked well nor badly 13; Worked fairly badly 34; Worked very badly 25; TOTAL WORKED BADLY 59; Don't know 1 (percentages) |
| YouGovAccessed 2026-09-14 | 20 May 2026to 21 May 2026 | 434 |
Why people split
The split is not really about accuracy. In the same 2026 survey, VAR is rated well for the objective calls and badly for the judgement calls: 80% say it has been implemented well for confirming whether the ball completely passed over the goal line and 58% for offside, but 58% say it has been implemented badly for deciding whether a penalty should be awarded and 52% badly for straight red cards. Reviewing a fact is popular; reviewing an opinion is not. The second cost is time: 68% say VAR has made watching matches less enjoyable, which is a complaint about dead minutes and goals celebrated twice rather than about wrong decisions. That is why abolition stays a minority position: 22% want VAR stopped entirely, while 64% want it kept and used differently.
Source: YouGov Survey Results: VAR, fieldwork 20th - 21st May 2026. Added 2026-09-14.
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Cite this figure
Video Assistant Referees: 0 counted ballots and no reading yet (a reading is published at 10; 30 days to 14 Sept 2026, open online vote, self-selected, not a poll), hateorcelebrate.com/s/video-assistant-referees, model v1.0. https://hateorcelebrate.com/s/video-assistant-referees
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The record
- Model
- v1.0
- Tier
- No reading · 10 more for a reading
- Last snapshot
- None written yet
- Collecting since
- No counted ballot yet
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