VAR merely throws it over to the select few in the 'var booth' to make a judgement call and tell the ref to review it.
The ref fundamentally has the final say so nothing changes in that respect.
And for what its worth, do you really feel the 'top sides' will suffer because of VAR?
Personally not a chance, any potential dubious call will just been reviewed with the ref having the final say and/or any VAR call that deems the ref missed something will merely lead to the refs going with VAR.
Only have to look at certain incidents during the World Cup - handballs that the ref brushed aside, were suddenly reviewed and given as pens, same with borderline fouls. It doesn't cut out inconsistency, it merely adds another layer of blame and confusion - end of the day its opinion based calls so it down to however runs the VAR and if the ref chooses to go with them.
For what its worth you only have to look at Danny Murphy being part of the 3 man team regarding Niasse - thats not to suggest someone of clear bias would be involved but you get the idea.
Edit - Offside goals and mistaken identity I can agree with because thats cut and dry -which is a reason why goal-line technology works- you are either offside or not, you are either the right player or not. Easy calls, not open to interpretation.
Its always said too many cooks, and VAR is basically that in my eyes, its too many additional voices and creates this false level of having to make a call because someone else deems you've made a mistake.
And thats all VAR is really, someone checking for potential mistakes, ref reviews it, and then we go again. There is always going to be levels of doubt upon reviews because you've been called out -it takes a strong ref to go against VAR- and for what its worth, that never happened during the World Cup when there were clear times calls were simply made off the back of a VAR shout.
