THE uproar over such refereeing errors as we saw at the weekend is as crazy as the mad finances of many top teams, writes Neil Jenkin.

Not that I’m fond of this set-up, but it’s the way that the money-grabbing football authorities chose to go. They decided something hi-tech would sustain the credibility of their shiny product and set up Stockley Park. 

There’s no hint of corruption in the air there: these VAR errors may or may not prove hugely costly for the clubs involved, but they are down to simple human error, not dastardly scheming. 

And as long as human beings play football and are refereed by human beings, such errors will occur. And long may they continue. Football, believe it or not, is not the be-all and end-all, however much TV and the tabloids would have you believe it. 

It just should not matter as much. It’s only a game.

If bosses have to stake their club’s finances on qualification for European competition, Premier League status etc on one man’s decision in a fancy hut somewhere in the home counties, then there’s something badly wrong with the game.  
 
We’re fools for letting it grow into such a disgusting, bloated business, awash with moolah and debt.