Fat UK Refs

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The quality of refereeing in Premiership is astonishingly poor. I’m sure it is even worse in lower divisions.

My understanding is the premier league refs are salaried at circa £70k per year. If so, how are they all so out of shape? A large portion of the poor decisions seem to come from the ref being out of position.

Surely they should be aspiring to the getting to the same fitness and mobility as the players themselves so they can keep up with play?

 

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I don’t think most refs would make terrible decisions if they were able to actually see what they are called to judge I.e with better positioning they would see more and make better calls. This relies entirely on mobility- there is no excuse for refs and assistants who are not lean and rapid.

The alternative is video replays or more refs on the pitch to offer better judgement, both of which are in the NFL.

I have no problem with NFL style replays - the pauses in NFL aren’t because of refs reviewing plays. The pauses are from team line up changes, advertising breaks and resetting downs. The review system is really quick

 

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A lot of the comments here defend referees because the environment is unpalatable.

Competency shouldn’t be appraised at with a concession for how challenging the job is. The choice of whether to pursue that career is up to the individual...their performance should be appraised in an objective manner, not compromised because their job environment is challenging.