Investing in Referee Development & Efforts to Retain Younger
Feb 17, 2021 14:09:04 GMT -5
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Post by iconic31 on Feb 17, 2021 14:09:04 GMT -5
I’ve been reading a lot of posts about the opinions of officiating lately it seems I’ve seen a large spectrum of varying thoughts. I’ve been wondering that since it’s known there’s a large referee shortage and difficultly retaining younger and newer referees, what can we do further combat that.
From experience I find the referee development in Georgia is lacking and most people would agree to a certain extent. However when the prospect is brought up about investing in referee development and funding it, everyone is against it. What I gather from some clubs is that it’s a cost that doesn’t give back and doesn’t make the club any money. It would be that one club providing the education only for that referee to utilize those resources just to work somewhere else at another club. From a few parents, I hear that with youth soccer already being expensive as it is, they simply can’t churn out more for something they probably won’t see a direct return on investment if it’s not their own child who’s refereeing.
So we all feel the effects of the different qualities of officiating so I would like to know your thoughts on how could we can further better the referee development so everyone benefits.
From experience I find the referee development in Georgia is lacking and most people would agree to a certain extent. However when the prospect is brought up about investing in referee development and funding it, everyone is against it. What I gather from some clubs is that it’s a cost that doesn’t give back and doesn’t make the club any money. It would be that one club providing the education only for that referee to utilize those resources just to work somewhere else at another club. From a few parents, I hear that with youth soccer already being expensive as it is, they simply can’t churn out more for something they probably won’t see a direct return on investment if it’s not their own child who’s refereeing.
So we all feel the effects of the different qualities of officiating so I would like to know your thoughts on how could we can further better the referee development so everyone benefits.
