Independent refereeing body by Dr Errol

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In my last blog “enough is enough” I suggested that there should be an
independent refereeing organisation set
up to control all matters refereeing. This
organisation should also manage, train
and promote refereeing in all its forms. It should be responsible for the
recruitment, selection, and discipline of
match officials for association football
(soccer). It should also be free from all
interference from “soccer politicians”
who have their own agenda and are not
thinking of the interests of men and
women who go out week after week,
sometimes at great cost and inconvenience to themselves and their
families. I am overwhelmed by the response. I am
amazed at the support shown for such an
idea. I am equally pleasantly surprised
how such an idea could arouse such
debate among all and sundry. My motivation for such an idea, an idea
I’ve had for some time now, is the
complete lack of support for match
officials when managers, club officials,
and soccer politicians in general gang up
together when they don’t agree with a decision by the referee. Law 5 (referees) of the Fifa Laws of the
Game clearly states “the decisions of the
referee regarding facts connected with
play, including whether or not a goal is
scored and the result of the match, are
final.” Now what part of that don’t they understand? We now have a situation where we have
a “review committee” who sit in
judgement on decisions taken by the
match officials (and I’m including
assistant referees) some 24 or 48 hours
later and decide if the referee made the correct decision or not. Well what about the Laws of the Game as
stated in paragraph 5 above? Where does that leave the referee and
“the refs decision is final”? What’s the point in having a referee on
the field of play in the first place if his
decision is going to be overturned by
some committee sitting in an office? Let me state here and now that I am all
for fair play and justice. Let me also say
that I support structures to make match
officiating more competent. And let me
conclude this point by saying that
referees will get it wrong. They are human – and humans make mistakes. If the controlling bodies of soccer want to
change the current system then the law
has to be changed. You cannot have civil politicians changing
the constitution of a country as they go
along just because they don’t like
something in it. That’s called dictatorship
and thankfully there aren’t many of those
left in the world today. I know there will be strong opposition to
this idea. I suspect there won’t be many
in the corridors of power in football
falling over themselves to embrace this
change. I imagine there will be cringing
among the hangers-on for fear they might lose their little privileges. Change is inevitable. I think it was the
Greek philosopher who once said one
thing is certain – things will change. Refereeing is a stressful job. Refereeing
is a dangerous job (I once had a live
bullet left in my hotel room). But
refereeing can, and is, a most rewarding
profession if we are allowed to do our
job without interference, persuasion, or intimidation from anyone. As I mentioned earlier, referees do make
mistakes and some have been found to
be corrupt – thankfully not too many – so
let us set up our own organisation with
proper structures and check lists so as to
avoid any perception that we are a law unto ourselves. We can then be seen to
be what we are, guys who are fair, firm,
and devoid of influence from whatever
quarter. We are in it for the good of the game and
have no axe to grind with anyone. We
just want to do the job to the best of our
ability and may the best team win. I’d love to hear your thoughts and
comments so please keep them coming. Keep your comments and suggestions
coming please. Happy Whistling
Dr. Errol Sweeney
www.drerrolsweeney.com
thehangingjudge88@gmail.com:
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[Sita Sita]

its true
you have firms bidding for each game
a firm yenye controversy kwenye decision making looses inakosa business
watakua very carefull, imagine Webb na Riley wangekua ni waajiriwa wa referring firm ya 'Colina' wangekua hawana kazi siku nyingi.
hii italeta discipline sana

good ideA and i support it.