{"podcast":{"title":"Tifo Football Podcast","slug":"tifo-football-podcast-539882","podcast_index_feed_id":539882,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/681cccd63e6644d7a3b3065c","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcasts/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/681cccd63e6644d7a3b3065c/1772100764375-6cb42127-7d78-426a-9f63-e6074d09f8c5.jpeg","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":649,"summary":"In-depth tactical, historical & geopolitical breakdowns of the beautiful game. From the team behind the Tifo Football YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T10:19:23.769486+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tifo-football-podcast-539882"},"episode":{"title":"Ring for Analysis: Why referees hate VAR","slug":"ring-for-analysis-why-referees-hate-var","published_at":"2026-04-17T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tifo-football-podcast-539882/ring-for-analysis-why-referees-hate-var","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tifo-football-podcast-539882","url":"https://shows.acast.com/tifo-football-podcast/episodes/ring-for-analysis-why-referees-hate-var-just-as-much-as-you","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/681cccd63e6644d7a3b3065c/e/69e152da6871c0406d90a716/media.mp3","summary":"Graham Scott refereed in the Premier League for a decade before retiring in 2025 to return to his previous career as a journalist. He was a video assistant referee more than 100 times and brings a unique insight into how officials operate, both on the pitch and in the video booth. On today's episode, Joe & Jon perform Ring for Analysis, while reading through this fascinating insight into the mind of a referee, written by Graham Scott. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7183601/2026/04/10/referees-var-video-review/ Join the discord! https://discord.gg/CGVn8crYYa Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Graham Scott refereed in the Premier League for a decade before retiring in 2025 to return to his previous career as a journalist. He was a video assistan…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4446,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tifo-football-podcast-539882/episodes/ring-for-analysis-why-referees-hate-var/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tifo-football-podcast-539882/ring-for-analysis-why-referees-hate-var.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}