French arbitration could undergo a revolution in the coming months. The FFF wants to make referees more audible during and after matches. Explanations.
The FFF wants to change French refereeing
Often hated and rarely loved, the football referee does not really have a good reputation with the fans. But the French Football Federation (FFF) wants to change that and is preparing a small revolution in French refereeing.
Hear and understand the referees
The FFF comex to be held this Thursday will discuss a subject that has come up constantly for several years: the sound system for referees. We are in favor of an AZ sound system, open microphone from the start to the end of the match , explains the president of the federal commission of referees (CFA), Eric Borghini, in the columns of L’Equipe. For this, the Federation must obtain authorization from FIFA. We will build a case to get there, like in rugby he assures.
The objective of this sound system is to allow everyone to hear the men in black in order to better understand their decisions during the meeting. We understand the match and the refereeing much better when we have access to the dialogue that the referee has with the players and his refereeing team. assures the boss of the CFA. We’ve had the soundtracks for several seasons and we know that the referees don’t talk badly to the players. We are absolutely not afraid to work in complete transparency.
The referees will speak to the media
Humanize the referee to better understand him, here is the objective of the FFF. And for that, the revolution will also concern the speaking out of referees in front of the media. They will speak to the press immediately after the match, warns Borghini. (…) I told the referees that we had to stop with this opacity. The players go in front of the press, the coaches and the presidents too. It is necessary to stop with the old moons that the referee must not speak. We will train them and they will speak.
This new vision of French refereeing will be accompanied by a new philosophy for referees. The FFF intends to change the way in which the men at the whistle run the meetings. We need to have refereeing much more in tune with football believes the leader. We want more fluidity in the game, intelligence and psychology. Rather attractive ideas on paper.
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