“The know-how will present faster and constant placement of the digital offside line, based mostly on optical participant monitoring, and can produce high-quality broadcast graphics to make sure an enhanced in-stadium and broadcast expertise for supporters,” a Premier League assertion mentioned.
Soccer’s international governing physique FIFA used semi-automated offside know-how on the 2022 males’s World Cup in Qatar after operating a sequence of trials, together with on the Membership World Cup.
It’s also used within the Champions League and in Italy’s Serie A.
Referees will nonetheless have to make calls on subjective parts, akin to whether or not a participant in an offside place is interfering with play.
The Premier League has not disclosed the know-how accomplice it would work with and it’s understood that no contracts have but been signed.
The intention is to introduce the know-how after one of many worldwide breaks in September, October and November.
AFP
