Ah, memories of the fabled golden goal rule
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Originally Posted by mabo Because the three examples you mentioned are all connected with the club and thus part of its structure, if they get something terribly wrong they can be replaced by the club. The ref is someone not connected who could have an adverse affect on a club's future. |
Well I would not be that extreme... the best players make mistakes, match losing mistakes but I do not recall anyone being sacked, which is what the fan typically cries for when it is a referee
I would assert it is a problem of partly accountability and partly only the most indisputable of mistakes drawing an apology, otherwise wall of silence. Players can get dropped. Managers will get sacked in this day and age. Chairman messing up are likely to see their team relegated or working out an opportune time to enter administration with regards to the 10-point hit
Referees however are not only protected from criticism with a view to fines being imposed on anyone who steps out of line in front of a camera, but punishment would appear to extend only as far as going on leave for a weekend or dropping down a division for a game. Sometimes not even a real punishment when you consider they would be covering other games regardless
I would remind people that the modern footballer are disgraceful professionals. Referees are surrounded before they even take the whistle out of their mouths for heaven's sake. You would have hoped that between them they could muster enough brain cells to at least have the decency to see what the referee will give
And equally to blame are the fans and TV studios. People protesting ever so loudly, drowning out the other side believing Abidal was treated harshly