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IFAB — Video Assistant Referee (VAR) protocol, Laws of the Game

Name: Calibrated Authority rating — IFAB — Video Assistant Referee (VAR) protocol, Laws of the Game
Item: IFAB — Video Assistant Referee (VAR) protocol, Laws of the Game — public generative-AI policy
Rating: 10
Author: Chris Huber Reitz

10/12Calibrated Authority

“The referee is the only person who can make the final decision; the VAR has the same status as the other match officials and can only assist the referee”— IFAB Laws of the Game, Video Assistant Referee (VAR) protocol, §4 Procedures — Original decision · source ↗

Traceability & inspectability

Human authorship & accountability

Disclosure & labeling

Synthetic-identity / fabrication prohibition

Human validation in loop

Evidential-trust emphasis

Posture Balanced Boundary fit · fits Trust-logic Both-split

Source policy: https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/video-assistant-referee-var-protocol/

Machine record: /institutions/ifab-var-protocol.json

Cite this

Reitz, C.H. (2026). The Calibrated Authority Index — IFAB — Video Assistant Referee (VAR) protocol, Laws of the Game. https://calibrated-authority.chrishuberreitz.com/institutions/ifab-var-protocol Quote: “The referee is the only person who can make the final decision; the VAR has the same status as the other match officials and can only assist the referee” Source: https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/video-assistant-referee-var-protocol/

Index Methodology Manifest JSON atom CC-BY-4.0 · v2026-09-08 · Chris Huber Reitz