{"id":228602,"date":"2026-03-28T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/28\/modern-technology-has-made-their-life-more-difficult-uli-hoenes-slams-var-sympathizes-with-referees\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T13:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T17:50:09","slug":"modern-technology-has-made-their-life-more-difficult-uli-hoenes-slams-var-sympathizes-with-referees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/28\/modern-technology-has-made-their-life-more-difficult-uli-hoenes-slams-var-sympathizes-with-referees\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Modern technology has made their life more difficult\u2019 \u2014 Uli Hoene\u00df slams VAR, sympathizes with referees"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Modern technology has made their life more difficult\u2019 \u2014 Uli Hoene\u00df slams VAR, sympathizes with referees<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/modern-technology-made-life-more-173000941.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-03-28 13:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: sports.yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The greatest benefit of modern technology is that it makes life easier. Don\u2019t know something? Google it. Want to speak to someone all the way across the globe? Phone them. Lost in the city and don\u2019t know where to go? Use a mapping app. These are all fantastic examples of how technology has made our lives\u2019 easier, but sometimes, it can make life more complicated.<\/p>\n

If you asked Bayern Munich Honorary President, Uli Hoene\u00df, he\u2019d probably tell you it\u2019s made life more complicated \u2014 or football, at least. In fact, in a recent interview, the 74-year-old executive took aim at football\u2019s most controversial and divisive technology \u2014 Video Assistant Referee (VAR).<\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t think the referees have become worse,\u201d Hoene\u00df began explaining (as captured by @iMiaSanMia). \u201cI believe that VAR was actually created to prevent serious errors. If someone is two meters offside, then that must be prevented. But if someone is three centimeters offside, that is not an advantage. Now all the referees have to be under this pressure every weekend. And then people say, \u2018Why didn\u2019t he see that himself, the blind man?\u2019 \u2013 Well, I don\u2019t think the referees have gotten worse, but I do think that modern technology has made their job more difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t subscribe to everything Uli Hoene\u00df says, but the Bayern Munich legend does have a point.<\/p>\n

Refereeing is one of the world\u2019s most difficult jobs. One has to make split second decisions, under pressure, amongst thousands of screaming fans. A sport like football \u2014 where a large grey area exists for many rules \u2014 doesn\u2019t make it any easier. VAR was brought in to alleviate some of the pressure shouldered by referees, however, it\u2019s almost done the exact opposite. Technology like VAR has shifted our expectation from mistakes coming part and parcel with the game, to a zero tolerance for mistakes, putting extra weight on every decision made by referees.<\/p>\n

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