Premier League referees are facing punishment for simply being human
Luis Diaz had a goal incorrectly ruled offside after an error by VAR Darren England had been maliciously robbed of between one and three potential points. The sanctity of an entire hypothetical Premier League title challenge had been banjaxed. Gamblers had lost bets and fans had their Saturdays ruined beyond comprehension. Someone had to pay.
Suggesting that enduring a six-hour flight after being the video referee for one game in the gulf has brought on debilitating fatigue feels like scaremongering or confecting excuses. Yet there is a legitimate concern here.Al Nassr vs Al Hilal in April. This is part of an audaciously revolutionary attempt to pay the world’s best officials more than they’d earn in their home nations for a sun-baked existence with reduced scrutiny and slower football.
The base salary before match bonuses for a new Premier League referee is £70,000, with the top band earning £200,000. After fees of £1,500 per on-field match and £850 per VAR game, that could top out at £250,000. That would be a significant sum in almost any field, but not football. There are League Two players who make more than that.
Another issue is the league’s reticence to introduce foreign talent. Dermot Gallagher was Irish, but moved to England at 16. Australian Jared Gillett is the only other non-English referee ever to officiate a Premier League game. Even Gillett, a doctor of biomechanics who rapidly earned a reputation as the A-League’s finest referee, had to work his way up from the fourth tier over four years before joining Select Group 1.
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