Tag: Otto Kolbinger

The introduction of the Video Assistant Referee, VAR, in international football/soccer, was met with skepticism, to put it mildly. The whole thing is explained, dubiously justified, and even openly propagated in The Use of Video Technologies in Refereeing Football and Other Sports, edited by Manuel Armenteros, Anto J. Benitez & Miguel Ángel Betancor (Routledge). Our reviewer, media and technology researcher Marcio Telles, brings eminent clarity into this entangled issue.

The Journal of the Philosophy of Sport provides a forum for discussion of philosophical issues – metaphysical, ethical, epistemological, aesthetic, or otherwise – arising in sport, games, play, dance, embodiment, and other motor-related activities. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: PARKOUR: PLAYING THE MODERN, ACCELERATED CITY by Signe Højbjerre Larsen.