EP 45 · 6:36

VAR precision and the error-budget problem

From The Physics of the World Cup: VAR, Smart Balls, and Soccer Aerodynamics

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6:37the ruling is extremely precise, okay? They're saying, "Oh, the arm is over the line, but the body is not," as you're saying, right? Um but that means that the VAR, this video referee thingy, >> Assistant referee, yeah. >> Yeah. is able to discern down to just a few inches. >> Yes. >> Okay? >> Yes. >> That's where the judgment is happening. It's like [clears throat] if his body was a few inches this way or that way, it would have been offside or onside. Okay. That is where I started calling BS. Okay? Because as any good experimental physicist, >> [laughter] >> you are worried about those margins, okay? And what you're telling me

7:18is that the plus or minus, like in that judgment, is is within a few inches. >> Yeah. >> Okay? How are you getting that precision?

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    The Physics of the World Cup: VAR, Smart Balls, and Soccer Aerodynamics

    A World Cup special on the science behind the beautiful game, from VAR and smart-ball sensors to soccer ball aerodynamics, pitch engineering, and match momentum analytics.

    The Physics of the World Cup: VAR, Smart Balls, and Soccer Aerodynamics

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