Simple idea:
Four different 'leagues' with all the refs in - representing the EPL, CC, L1 and L2.
After every game in the four actual leagues, a panel of experts reviews all video footage of the game to get concrete evidence of everything that's happened.
Points for each ref are either awarded or deducted for:
- Decisions which are correct
- Decisions which are incorrect
- Decisions which should have been given but weren't
The leagues then work as a normal season-by-season promotion system. Refs which get more things right are promoted, whilst refs which get things wrong are relegated. They then only referee games in their respective leagues, so refs in the EPL 'ref league' referee EPL games, and refs in the Championship 'ref league' referee CC games and so on.
Then there is the top 4, where the best referees we have in the country (by points) get to officiate the biggest matches, such as cup finals.
What do you guys think?
PS: Just to clarify, I think this would do the following:
1). Eliminate bias, as refs can't risk being lenient or harsh on one particular team.
2). Provide incentive, as referees will have a reward for performing better, i.e. lower league refs will have the opportunity to officiate EPL games.
3). Ensure that the best referees officiate the biggest games in the country (i.e. epl). This doesn't mean that the lower leagues will be officiated by ****e though. Every referee must meet a certain calibre to referee league games, but it's just the very slight differences which will mean a shift in rankings, ultimately ensuring that 'poorer' referees are kept out of the most vital games.
Four different 'leagues' with all the refs in - representing the EPL, CC, L1 and L2.
After every game in the four actual leagues, a panel of experts reviews all video footage of the game to get concrete evidence of everything that's happened.
Points for each ref are either awarded or deducted for:
- Decisions which are correct
- Decisions which are incorrect
- Decisions which should have been given but weren't
The leagues then work as a normal season-by-season promotion system. Refs which get more things right are promoted, whilst refs which get things wrong are relegated. They then only referee games in their respective leagues, so refs in the EPL 'ref league' referee EPL games, and refs in the Championship 'ref league' referee CC games and so on.
Then there is the top 4, where the best referees we have in the country (by points) get to officiate the biggest matches, such as cup finals.
What do you guys think?
PS: Just to clarify, I think this would do the following:
1). Eliminate bias, as refs can't risk being lenient or harsh on one particular team.
2). Provide incentive, as referees will have a reward for performing better, i.e. lower league refs will have the opportunity to officiate EPL games.
3). Ensure that the best referees officiate the biggest games in the country (i.e. epl). This doesn't mean that the lower leagues will be officiated by ****e though. Every referee must meet a certain calibre to referee league games, but it's just the very slight differences which will mean a shift in rankings, ultimately ensuring that 'poorer' referees are kept out of the most vital games.