VAR could be given more power after soccer lawmakers' upcoming meeting

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Football rule-makers are mulling over the idea of granting VAR more extensive powers. Proposals that could allow video technology to overturn incorrect second yellow cards are set to be presented to the International Football Association Board (IFAB), the independent custodians of the laws of football.

The organisation's Annual Business Meeting in London this coming January will debate whether video match officials should have the authority to intervene in such cases as part of the VAR protocol. Just last month, the Premier League's Key Match Incidents panel pointed out Fulham and Wolves as victims of VAR errors, reports the Mirror.

VAR stepped in to overturn Josh King's strike against Chelsea and refused Wolves a spot-kick following Everton ace Iliman Ndiaye's challenge on Hugo Bueno. VAR has been a controversial addition to soccer (Image: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) The virtual gathering of the IFAB's Football and Technical Advisory Panels also examined the effectiveness of fresh regulations designed to combat timewasting by goalkeepers.