Clubs vote to scrap VAR 'as soon as possible' as Premier League given food for thought Norway's top two divisions have voted to end the use of video assistant referees (VAR) in domestic leagues.
“We see that the technology has potential, but we see through today’s discussion and subsequent voting that the majority of our clubs believe that the current version of VAR does not work well enough,” Cato Haug, chairman of the Norsk Toppfotball board said.
A statement from Norsk Toppfotball read: "This means that even if NTF is negative about the further use of VAR after today’s meeting, there is a possibility that VAR will be part of the Eliteserien in the future as well.".
A total of 19 of 32 teams in in Norsk Toppfotball (NTF), the organisation that represents clubs playing in Norway’s Eliteserien and First Division, passed a motion that sees them request the end of VAR.
They want to see 'the Norway Football Federation (NFF) board recommend, and that the Federal Assembly adopts, the discontinuation of video-assisted refereeing (“VAR”) as soon as possible'.
