Tomorrow Friday starts LaLiga in First and Second Division. And he will do it with many novelties within the arbitration estate but where the great incorporation for this season cannot be carried out: the application of artificial intelligence AI through a program developed by the League itself. Program that will help to designate the referees of each day in addition to the promotions and descents of the season's end. As we already count on MD, the intention is that it has special relevance in aspects related to the entrances or offenses next to the yellow cards.
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And you can not start using because the commission created for this purpose has not yet met and is formed by a group of representatives from all areas of football.
As we have already told in MD, this commission is formed by the coach José Ángel “Cuco” Ziganda Next to Sevilla as Club, Álvaro Negredo as former player and three former members: Gregorio Bernabé, José Luis Lesma and Marcos Álvarez. It is the already definitive expert commission that must work with LaLiga and the CTA Technical Commission with the LaLiga Artificial Intelligence tool. Because they are must set the criteria and parameters to evaluate arbitration action for the designations. This tool will be, once all these variables are included, when you can evaluate all the first division referees.
Chema Alonso's contract was temporary
And where they also have to look for a substitute who until last week was responsible for the CTA, Chema Alonso and who resigned from his position last week for incompatibility with his new professional adventure. As MD has learned, Chema Alonso's contract was not permanent but had an expiration date and until the AI tool was already totally underway. We will see who is the person who ends up designating the new president of the CTA, Fran Soto
The role of the 50 arbitral delegates and the new commission of Var
While the AI is not underway, the evaluation of the arbitration action will continue to fall completely on the reports of the arbitration observant delegates. Observer delegates formed by about 50 former members or attendees of Spanish football. They are the ones that evaluate in the stadium itself the arbitral performance in addition to collecting any racist incident that could occur both in the field and in the stands. This season also adds the CTA analysis group that will be in charge of evaluating the performance of the 15 VAR specific members and the international also designated in this technology.
