This has been long discussed, and I was wondering what you all thought?
The top refs have every single decision analysed in minute detail, and the average football fan often struggles to understand why a decision has been made. If a referee was allowed to do a brief interview explaining key decisions - along the lines of "I didn't send X off because he did not deny the scoring of an obvious goal scoring opportunity etc - maybe the public would better understand, even if they don't agree.
Refs get a lot of unfair stick, the ability to explain decisions and apologise when necessary might just help refs out a bit.
Properly regulated, I think it would help connect referees to the fans a but more. Look at the Collina master class, how many people are now in favour of the fifth and sixth officials after seeing how they work?
Obviously there could be problems, but I'd like to see it given a chance.
The top refs have every single decision analysed in minute detail, and the average football fan often struggles to understand why a decision has been made. If a referee was allowed to do a brief interview explaining key decisions - along the lines of "I didn't send X off because he did not deny the scoring of an obvious goal scoring opportunity etc - maybe the public would better understand, even if they don't agree.
Refs get a lot of unfair stick, the ability to explain decisions and apologise when necessary might just help refs out a bit.
Properly regulated, I think it would help connect referees to the fans a but more. Look at the Collina master class, how many people are now in favour of the fifth and sixth officials after seeing how they work?
Obviously there could be problems, but I'd like to see it given a chance.