Former Sheffield United goalkeeper Paddy Kenny believes introducing VAR midway through next season could have a negative impact on Celtic and others.
The Lowdown: SPL set for VAR
The Scottish Premiership is yet to experience VAR, instead watching the much-discussed technology being used from afar across Europe's top leagues.
It has now been confirmed that it will be used in the SPL from the middle of next season onwards, however, following a one-sided vote on the matter.
VAR will come into play after the 2022 World Cup, which takes place between November 21st and December 18th.
The Latest: Kenny bemoans decision
Someone who doesn't like the idea of the change halfway through the campaign is Kenny, who told Football Insider that it could benefit some teams more than others come next May:
"They are asking for trouble with this. It should start at the start of next season or the start of the season after, you can’t start it halfway through a season.
"There will be decisions they get wrong in the first half of the season which could cost teams, then in the second half of the season, you get a different result.
"That could decide relegation or whoever wins the league. It’s wrong, I don’t think it’s right at all. It will lead to so many debates and what-ifs. It needs to come in at the start of a season."
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The Verdict: Could backfire hugely
It is a strange decision to implement VAR in the middle of a season, seemingly asking for trouble, in terms of some teams feeling hard done by compared to others.
Celtic could be robbed by a key decision before the World Cup takes place, for example, while Rangers could then benefit from the same incident taking place after Christmas.
It would surely have made more sense to bring in VAR at the beginning of the 2022/23 campaign, although if all clubs are happy with this situation, they will have to accept that some may profit more than others over the course of the season.
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