VAR announcing decisions

[RustyRef]

I mean yeah, exactly that.

So the answer there is a fast track and intensive media training course. Lots of people have to do this for their employment, no reason why referees shouldn't have to.

 

[RustyRef]

Based on the select group officials I know, I wouldn't say law is their strong point!

That's nonsense, no referee gets to that level without knowing law inside out. Especially these days where just about every training seminar starts with a LoTG exam. There's a huge difference though between not knowing law and knowing it but making the wrong decision when put on the spot. That's why there are thousands of electrical accidents every year, the electricians know the regs and are qualified in them, but just make mistakes, just as referees know the laws but make mistakes.

 

[Runner Ref]

That's nonsense, no referee gets to that level without knowing law inside out. Especially these days where just about every training seminar starts with a LoTG exam. There's a huge difference though between not knowing law and knowing it but making the wrong decision when put on the spot. That's why there are thousands of electrical accidents every year, the electricians know the regs and are qualified in them, but just make mistakes, just as referees know the laws but make mistakes.

I promise you it is not nonsense. I've known and still know a number of them, and their knowledge of laws is sometimes lacking when we're having a discussion.

Yes they will have passed law exams, so have I. Doesn't mean I have an encyclopedic knowledge of them.