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Democratized for more than five years, video assistance to refereeing is now used in most championships and competitions. However, this technological revolution comes at a very high cost. In Ligue 1, the British company Hawk-Eye would charge six million euros per season for its service.
In this sense, FIFA is currently working on a low-cost version of VAR, especially for the lower divisions. Contacted by The TeamAdrien Baquet, manager of the Swiss company Dartfish, would have found “a system ten times cheaper with a level of quality that remains high (…) we can very well use the VAR without a diffuser”, he explains. A device already tried during the National 1 match, Créteil-Le Mans, last January.
