the referees’ sound system postponed again

French refereeing will still have to wait to resemble that of rugby. While the sound system for the referees was a request made by Prime Video, and the LFP was looking into the issue, the project fell through due to lack of financial capacity. Indeed, setting up a sound system for referee decisions, particularly at the end of VAR, would represent a stadium development cost of up to 700,000 euros. The project had already been tested during the men’s and women’s French Cup finals, and was to be launched in August in Ligue 1 before being postponed a first time to January, then a second time.

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According to the Teamit is no longer even guaranteed that the project will see the light of day, especially since on the LFP side, we find that it “There is no enthusiasm for the device in view of the cost/benefit analysis.” This innovation, already in place in the Premier League, has proven itself across Europe when it has been tested. MLS has even already adopted it, based on what is already done in the NBA across the Atlantic. But to see it in France, we will still have to wait.