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       #Post#: 61936--------------------------------------------------
       Is this really true?
   DIR By: cwh
       Date: March 23, 2023, 12:37 pm
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       According to an article in yesterdays I Paper 'We're running out
       of referees because of the abuse that they take' -
       'desensitisation of referee abuse' is turning young officials
       away from the job so that 'the pool of new referees coming into
       the game is almost dry'
       Very sad and disturbing if true
       Is this really the true picture?
       #Post#: 61938--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Is this really true?
   DIR By: Leggy
       Date: March 23, 2023, 1:40 pm
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       --- Quote from: cwh link ---
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       > According to an article in yesterdays I Paper 'We're running
       out of referees because of the abuse that they take' -
       'desensitisation of referee abuse' is turning young officials
       away from the job so that 'the pool of new referees coming into
       the game is almost dry'
       > Very sad and disturbing if true
       > Is this really the true picture?
       >
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       I have no idea of how true this is - those who are active at
       grass roots level will be better placed to comment.
       If, however, this is true can it be at all surprising - given
       how referees have been (not) supported over the past 10/15
       years.  Pretty much ever since the oxymoronically titled Respect
       campaign was launched.
       #Post#: 61940--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Is this really true?
   DIR By: bmb
       Date: March 23, 2023, 2:33 pm
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       --- Quote from: cwh link ---
       >
       > According to an article in yesterdays I Paper 'We're running
       out of referees because of the abuse that they take' -
       'desensitisation of referee abuse' is turning young officials
       away from the job so that 'the pool of new referees coming into
       the game is almost dry'
       > Very sad and disturbing if true
       > Is this really the true picture?
       >
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       Pretty much.
       In 2021 the FA reported that they had 27,451 referees, including
       1,718 females and with 9.5% being from BAME communities. It did
       not specify how many of those were minors aged 14-18. The FA
       lose on average 7,000 referees every season, not all leave
       because of the abuse, injury and retirement also feature in the
       figures, what is more worrying is that those referees are not
       all being replaced.  The levels of young referees (14-18) giving
       up within 2 years of qualifying is horrendous. Currently, the
       total number of qualified referees is 10,000 lower than 5 years
       ago.
       Some leagues only have enough referees to cover 30-40% matches.
       That means that on any given match day 60-70% games have no
       qualified match official.
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