re: Will Argentina Ever be Banned from International Tournaments?

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because of some scrapping and fights.

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While the thought in the OP is idiotic, this is simply not true. Minimizing the BS the team did on its own, not to mention the shady decisions they benefitted from throughout the tournament is not just some scrapping and fighting.

But it is stupid to think an entire team is banned for this nonsense.

VAR is frequently conveniently compromised. Try again.

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Try again

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Offer me up your solutions oh fair play guru.

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VAR is frequently conveniently compromised.

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Miss me with this bullshite. It needs to be tweaked, but it’s not some big conspiracy. Big players and teams get special treatment and the benefit of the doubt in every major sport of every country in the world.

There is logic behind the way it is being done, but it is flawed, just as it was before VAR. They are letting the play develop and playing advantage a lot (too much if you ask me) for the flow of the game. The VAR crew is not interjecting enough when they should be, and doing too much when they shouldn’t, but it’s more about the type of fouls they’re calling, and the off ball fouls they’re not calling. When offsides went to the armpit over being able to see the jersey color past the last defender it got way too complicated.

Bitching about refs from people who have never played or reffed a competitive game and don’t even know the laws is one of my pet peeves.

Bottom line, the 3 on the field should be doing a better job to maintain control of the match without the GoPro and headset, and with more yellow and reds. Communication from the VAR should come to the 4th Official, when it is clear and obvious, or egregious and he should interrupt play only when that occurs. He shouldn’t have 3 CIA agents speaking into his ear during the game.