President makes proposal to improve arbitration.
A document delivered to Walter Feldman and the CBF's club committee suggests external oversight by an auditing firm.
By Communication - Official Club Website - in
This Friday (November 27.11th), the president of Flamengo, Eduardo Bandeira de Mello, delivered a proposal to the general secretary of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), Walter Feldman, to raise the level of refereeing in the country.
The document drafted by the Flamengo president suggests that there should be external oversight of referees' actions by an "internationally credible auditing firm," with a commission completely independent of the body responsible for assigning referees, and whose objective would be to evaluate referees' performance according to pre-defined criteria.
Read the document in full:
PROPOSAL FOR ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING ARBITRATIONS
If there's one thing that's almost universally agreed upon as needing significant improvement for the next Brazilian championship, it's the quality of the refereeing.
In virtually every round of the championship, glaring refereeing errors were identified, naturally leading to suspicions about the fairness of the criteria used in the matches and the selection of referees.
It is clear that criticism has often been exacerbated by the emotion and passion that characterize football; however, we understand that the best way to give practical consequence to the complaints would be to present a proposal that includes measures to try to minimize errors and possible deliberate actions of match-fixing, and thus increase the reliability and credibility of refereeing.
1- My personal observation (also corroborated by several interlocutors) of matches over decades as a fan leads me to the conclusion that biased refereeing is rarely characterized by gross errors in crucial plays that will certainly be analyzed by the specialized press. On the contrary, it acts through reversals of fouls, selective tolerance of violent plays and the consequent application or non-application of cards, guaranteeing possession of the ball to the favored team, and other measures involving plays that would hardly be replayed on sports programs. Crucial errors only need to happen as a last resort.
2- It is mandatory that the championship matches be subject to a thorough and meticulous external evaluation covering all decisions made during the 90 minutes of play, and that each referee be assigned a grade per match.
3- This evaluation must be carried out by a committee that is completely independent of the body responsible for assigning referees, and its criteria must be defined beforehand.
4- Referee assignments must necessarily be based on the referees' rating as defined by the sum of their evaluations.
5. Committee members must have an unblemished reputation, knowledge of the rules, and experience in the sport.
6- The commission's work must be reviewed by an internationally reputable auditing firm, which will be responsible for defining the evaluation criteria and assessing the work's compliance with those criteria. This audit will also evaluate whether the body responsible for assigning referees is adhering to the classification defined by the evaluation commission.
The document drafted by the Flamengo president suggests that there should be external oversight of referees' actions by an "internationally credible auditing firm," with a commission completely independent of the body responsible for assigning referees, and whose objective would be to evaluate referees' performance according to pre-defined criteria.
Read the document in full:
PROPOSAL FOR ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM FOR EVALUATING ARBITRATIONS
If there's one thing that's almost universally agreed upon as needing significant improvement for the next Brazilian championship, it's the quality of the refereeing.
In virtually every round of the championship, glaring refereeing errors were identified, naturally leading to suspicions about the fairness of the criteria used in the matches and the selection of referees.
It is clear that criticism has often been exacerbated by the emotion and passion that characterize football; however, we understand that the best way to give practical consequence to the complaints would be to present a proposal that includes measures to try to minimize errors and possible deliberate actions of match-fixing, and thus increase the reliability and credibility of refereeing.
1- My personal observation (also corroborated by several interlocutors) of matches over decades as a fan leads me to the conclusion that biased refereeing is rarely characterized by gross errors in crucial plays that will certainly be analyzed by the specialized press. On the contrary, it acts through reversals of fouls, selective tolerance of violent plays and the consequent application or non-application of cards, guaranteeing possession of the ball to the favored team, and other measures involving plays that would hardly be replayed on sports programs. Crucial errors only need to happen as a last resort.
2- It is mandatory that the championship matches be subject to a thorough and meticulous external evaluation covering all decisions made during the 90 minutes of play, and that each referee be assigned a grade per match.
3- This evaluation must be carried out by a committee that is completely independent of the body responsible for assigning referees, and its criteria must be defined beforehand.
4- Referee assignments must necessarily be based on the referees' rating as defined by the sum of their evaluations.
5. Committee members must have an unblemished reputation, knowledge of the rules, and experience in the sport.
6- The commission's work must be reviewed by an internationally reputable auditing firm, which will be responsible for defining the evaluation criteria and assessing the work's compliance with those criteria. This audit will also evaluate whether the body responsible for assigning referees is adhering to the classification defined by the evaluation commission.