Overview
- Championship clubs, in decisions reported Tuesday, rejected introducing Football Video Support for 2026–27 after a PGMO demo and an EFL survey.
- BBC Sport reported the proposal is closed for the foreseeable future, with little chance of a rethink within a year.
- Football Video Support is a scaled-down VAR that gives each coach two challenges while a replay operator supplies angles to a pitchside monitor for the referee.
- Club executives cited harm to the live match experience for supporters and the financial burden of rollout as the main reasons for saying no.
- Goal-line technology will continue in the Championship next season, and a June vote will follow a cost study on whether to extend it into League One.