This keeps coming up, referees at senior levels are told to ignore clashes between themselves and keepers.
There are 4 colours in the Nike kit - Black, Orange, pink, and blue. Often that rules out all of the colours if you can't clash with either keeper, especially as the orange and pink can't really be worn if either team is in red.
At local levels teams are not allowed to wear black or very dark blue kits, if you come across teams doing this report them as that is the only way it will get sorted out. Don't compare the Premier league with a local parks game as they aren't the same, teams at higher levels are allowed to wear black kits.
At a recent Supply League referee meeting, one of the current EPL officials was asked about exactly this issue. His response was basically that they try their best but in the wider scheme of things they see it as trifling. As he put it ... "I'm not expecting to be challenging Adrian for the ball"
Its clear from the number of times it happens that you're correct with the first sentence, however, I do wonder the reason for that - it is certainly NOT due to lack of options though - at that level and with all the kits available that's patently just not true.
As he put it ... "I'm not expecting to be challenging Adrian for the ball"
Trust me, it is because referees cannot tell keepers at that level to wear a different kit. They aren't allowed to even if they wanted to, and there was one game recently that whatever kit the officials wore it would have clashed with someone - better to clash with the keeper than risk a clash with outfield players.
But the match officials don't get the choice, they are told what to wear.Get that point as well, but there are numerous times every weekend that other colours that do not clash ARE available to the officials to wear.
But the match officials don't get the choice, they are told what to wear.
That doesn't affect if its right or wrong as per LOTG, just who is to blame!
That's my point - its OK in the 'best league in the world', but some poor level 7 going for promotion loses marks because he allows it in the Grimthorpe Miners League Div 5!
But grass roots club's in England aren't allowed to wear black or very dark blue kits, so it shouldn't be an issue at any rate.
The closest I have ever come to clashing with a team was one where they had black and white striped shirts that were solid black on the back (but with large white numbers). And no, my observer on the day said absolutely nothing about it.
There are many Laws that PGMOL choose not to enforceNot really my point, will try one more time - it can't be correct that clubs/PL/PGMOL/refs decide to ignore the law at that level and everyone accepts it.