HAS SPORT GONE

TOO V.A.R?
By Owen Saunders and Charlie Swadling.
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 SCRIPT
Owen:
On the 17th of April 2019 Tottenham Hotspur knocked out Manchester
City of the Champions League quarter final following a contentious
VAR decision in the 92nd minute of added time. The scenes at the
Ethihad were unreal. Pep Guardiola and all his players elated with
joy after Raheem Sterling bagged a last minute goal to send them
through. Until. A VAR check was carried out on a potential offside
from Sergio Aguero. Man City’s Champions League hopes were dashed
when the goal was given as offside and 2 minutes later Tottenham
were sent through on away goals.
Hello, my name is Owen Saunders and the recent introduction of VAR
in the English Premier League has striked up a lot of controversy.
So over the next 10 minutes, we’ll be looking at VAR in football and
modern technology in all sports to answer the question – “Has Sport
Gone Too V.A.R.?”
This is just one example of how VAR has influenced the modern game,
but is it for the good or better? The idea of having a video
official in football was sparked up after the world saw how
effective Hawk-eye was in Tennis, TMO in Rugby and the Third Umpire
in Cricket. Subsequently, VAR was concieved after in 2010 by the
refereeing 2.0 project under the supervision of the Royal
Netherlands Football Association (KNVB). The system was first tested
in 2012-13 season in the Eredivise – the first tier of Dutch club
football. After a successful first trial, the KNVB petitioned to use
VAR in more extensive trials to the International Football
Association Board (IFAB). In 2016, they agreed to fully implement
VAR in 2016. This was after FIFA president Sepp Blatter was forced
out of his position after a corruption scandal. Blatter was strongly
against VAR so it took a while for the trials to turn into full
implementation.
The first time VAR was fully used in a competitive game was in
August 2016 between two MLS reserve teams. In April 2017, the
Australian A-League became the first league to use VAR in a
competitive match when Melbourne City played Adelaide United.
 Year on year, more leagues started to implement VAR in their
competitive matches and more high profile competitions started to
implement it. From the FIFA under 17 World Cup to the FIFA 2018
World Cup. However, VAR remained out of the English Premier League
despite many players calling for it to be used, the most notable
being Southampton's Charlie Austin.

However, the Premier League finally decided to use VAR in every game
of the 2019-20 season. This has sparked a lot of controversy and
many new rules have been created to accommodate for the use of VAR.
This has stirred up even more controversy.
There are currently 32 domestic leagues across the world that use
VAR and 13 international competitions. But is everyone a fan, and
what do people really think of VAR? Earlier today, I caught up with
lifelong Reading fan Bradley Withers to find out.

INTERVIEW WITH BRAD

So that’s VAR from a fans point of view but we’re going to look at
this from a slightly different angle, and a viewpoint that isn’t
covered a lot. The officials are the one’s in the thick of the
action, they’re sometimes shouted at, they’re often blamed for poor
decisions but they’re always right. I caughgt up with professional
football referee Isaac Blakey to find out how VAR affects the man in
the middle.
INTERVIEW WITH ISAAC
But its not just football that uses video technology. The recent
success that technology has had in Cricket, Tennis, Rugby and
motorsport has proved that in most sports and on most occassions
that technology helps sport. But don’t just take it from me, I
caught up with Amateur Tennis player Lucca Vujasevic to look at how
technology affects sport at a player level.
INTERVIEW WITH LUCCA
Well, thank you for watching, I hope you’ve gained an insight into
technology in sport from all perspectives. I’m Owen Saunders and
this has been “Has Sport Gone Too V.A.R?”
 SHOOTING SCRIPT
The opening footage is of the VAR decision in the Tottenham v Man
City. It would go Black and white as the goal is disallowed above
this there would be the first voice over.
There would then be a montage of clips from different sporting
decisions and technology as an introduction and title. For the 2nd
part, it would be a piece to camera from the studio.
There would then be relevant images and archive footage of what is
being said on screen for the rest of the voice overs.
After the part about VAR in the Premier League, it would then cut
back to me in the studio delivering the rest as a piece to camera as
I introduce Brad.
The interview with Brad would be set up in the stands of Henley Town
football club. He would be wearing a Reading FC training top. There
would be a two camera set up with one set up using the rule of
thirds and the other using a close up angle.
It would then cut back to me at the studio when I introduce
the interview Isaac.
The interview with Isaac would be set up in the studio with him
wearing his refereeing kit, on a table in front there would be a
football, a linesman flag a whistle, and other assorted football
equipment. There would be a two camera set up, one on me and one on
Isaac.
It would then cut back to me at the studio when I introduce
the interview Lucca.
The interview with Lucca would be at The Henley College Tennis
Courts. He would be wearing his tennis kit with his equipment. There
would be a two camera set up with one set up using the rule of
thirds and the other using a close up angle.
Finally there would it would cut back to me at the studio
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Henley-on-Thames

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CREW LIST

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Owen Saunders Producer of TV Every day
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Charlie Swadling Cameraman Every day