With football matches around the country providing week’s worth of controversial conversations within the football community, ‘dodgy’ refereeing decisions are still as prominent within the game as they have ever been. However recent claims that ex-footballers could provide the answer to our refereeing needs, it appears that the likes of Martin Atkinson, Mark Clattenburg and Phil Dowd, among others, perhaps require the experience of professional football in order to correctly judge decisions in play.
A tough challenge, a dive in the penalty area or a soft red card can provide hideous ramifications for some clubs, leaving these examples as a major part of our modern game and many football fans and ex-players alike calling for changes to the refereeing system.
Over recent months Roberto Martinez and Robbie Savage have each voiced their opinion that, if refereeing quality needs to improve, then ex-footballers could well be the ones to do it. This could leave the Roy Keane’s and Eric Cantona’s of the game taking charge, as the FA and many fans hope to increase the presence of respect and etiquette in each game.
The hypothesis behind this is potentially correct, as it appears that knowledge of the physical game can have a large impact on decisions. Therefore with 50/50 tackles being penalised consistently, along with tackles from behind resulting in yellow cards and obvious recent occasions of ‘Phantom’ red cards, it seems that the referee is given the discretion to decide what is right or wrong. However these referees appear to have memorised each and every rule in the book, leaving the decisions based upon rules not the human being enforcing them. This in turn leaves complaints of ever increasing magnitude, ruining games for the unfortunate, paying fans. This could leave the door open for the ex-players to come in and save the day, as they attempt to rule with good knowledge and judgement that other referees may lack.
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Why isn’t the Ref’s mic transmitted like in Rugby.
this would explain some of the calls refs make and would stop some players F’in and blinding at the officials. it would only take a couple of broadcasted F words and players would start getting fines and bans and it would stop.
Reputable ex-players that have a good head on them can make more money elsewhere, why would they become referee’s?