Andy Walker has claimed that VAR in Scotland has advised referees to "take the easy way out" of big calls.
The pundit has dropped the bombshell while talking about his experiences of working for Sky Sports.
Most managers in the Premiership have taken aim at the video technology since its introduction in October.
Most recently Malky Mackay was furious regarding the decision to award Celtic a penalty for an Alex Iacovitti handball after a VAR review.
It came just two weeks after Derek McInnes and Kilmarnock were left reeling when a blatant Andy Considine handball was waved away despite VAR looking at the incident.
Walker has revealed he is able to listen to talks in the VAR room while working for Sky.
And the pundit has offered an insight into some of the chat he has picked up from the VAR room while regularly covering matches.
Speaking to NewsSlotsKlosh, Walker said: “Working with Sky I have the option of listening to VAR. To be absolutely clear I hear the video assistant referee – not the referee on the pitch.
“I have a concern. I won’t mention any names and I won’t name the teams involved but there was an instance where a couple of things happened in the space of a second or two. And I heard the VAR say ‘the easiest way out of this, is if it’s offside’.
“That to me is really poor language. There should be no idea that we get an easy way out. You have to look at what’s happening on the pitch and apply the laws of the game – don’t look for the easy way out.
“That’s not good enough. It’s awful. I couldn’t believe what I was listening to. I’m not going to mention any names and I’m not going to mention the game.
"But that kind of language makes me feel that the people operating VAR are obviously not feeling the atmosphere because they are not at the ground.
“Referees now have this safety net ‘it doesn’t matter what I say or do’ someone else will tell me if I’ve got it right or I’ve got it wrong and that example I have given? That can’t be right.”
