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PGMOL 'have signed up 12 recently-retired footballers to a fast-track scheme to become referees' in a move that is hoped will 'help increase confidence in officials' (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That feels like a Hail Mary move for Webb, and if really doesn’t sound like one which is going to work.

Inexperienced referees with a potential unconscious bias is going to make things worse, not better. Not to mention it undermines the confidence of the current referees even further.

Any young people aspiring to be referees are going to be demotivated as well.

Any other profession and Webb is out of a job now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

True. Imagine a referee giving a team a bad call because the fans called him a cunt 20 years ago. Humans can be very petty.