Despite major hiccups at the Women’s World Cup earlier this summer, and studies showing that the VAR system slows down the most beautiful game, the Premier League is set to finally institute video review.
Teams that lose and tumble in the standings get sent down to a lower-level league the following season.
To try to get the calls right, Premier League officials spent two years figuring out how to make the video system work properly.
"I have no doubt it will create some controversy because it is about the big decisions, but we are prepared for that,” interim league chief executive Richard Masters told the BBC.
At the recent Women's World Cup, however, players and coaches were upset that the video system was being applied to minor infractions, such as the rarely enforced rule that goalkeepers must stay on their line during a penalty kick.
While most VAR calls only take a minute or so on the field, some decisions have taken longer and slowed the pace and rhythm of a fast-moving and momentum-driven sport.
