Morton reveal reasons for VAR no vote
The Championship club were the only SPFL side to vote against the technology
Morton have revealed why they were the only SPFL club to say no to VAR in this week's vote.
Every other team voted in favour of the technology which is now set to be introduced into the top flight halfway through next season.
The Cappielow side have said they were the only team against bringing it in - and claim the money teams will be forking out could be put to better use elsewhere.
Scotland's top club will pay just under £200,000 a year for VAR, with a sliding scale down to 12th place in the Premiership paying £67,000.
A club spokesperson told SunSport: “We looked at it from the perspective of if there’s much of an investment going into the game, is it the best way for it to be used?
“As a board, we felt that it wasn’t and it could have been invested in other ways.
"For team’s coming up from the Championship it is a significant amount of money, especially for a club like ours.
“The numbers we are talking about are a decent chunk of our budget and that paid a part in our decision.
“We want to become a Premiership club one day but in the current climate energy prices are going up, so is fuel, everything is going up the way.
“As a club we looked at it and thought if we were in the position where we got promoted we felt we could spend the money in other ways which would benefit the club more.
“It’s not just even what the manager Dougie Imrie could bring in in terms of players.
“We are a community owned club and finances will always be tight and we have to look at an expense on that scale and think is it the best way to spend the money?
“Or would it be better spent on the first-team budget, on the ground or whatever it might be.
“As a club we thought with that scale of money we could do more with it to benefit the club.
“We have to think of every penny that is spent at the club.”