AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey mentioned that the usual of refereeing will be improved if the Indian referees earn sufficient cash to run their households and work full time on their career
AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey mentioned that the usual of refereeing will be improved if the Indian referees earn sufficient cash to run their households and work full time on their career
Aiming to raise the usual of refereeing within the nation, the All India Football Federation is about to appoint 50 referees on contractual basis and pay them a “significant” quantity as month-to-month wage, so as to assist them earn their livelihood type this alone.
AIFF President Kalyan Chaubey mentioned that the usual of refereeing will be improved if the Indian referees earn sufficient cash to run their households and work full time on their career. Foreign coaches of Indian Super League groups used to criticise Indian referees for their “errors”.
“Every year, there is complaint about quality of refereeing in India, about refereeing error whether in the ISL or I-League or Santosh Trophy, which has affected the fortunes of the aggrieved team. But there is more to this issue,” Chuabey instructed PTI on Tuesday.
“The remuneration of a referee per match is very low. In state leagues, a referee gets ₹2500 to ₹5000, and in national leagues from ₹8000 to ₹10,000. This comes to ₹2.5 lakh to ₹3 lakh a year, which is insufficient for a referee to maintain his family by doing refereeing only.
“To address that, we have decided that 50 referees will be appointed and each of them will be given state government level salary of around Rs 50,000 to Rs 80,000 per month, which is fair enough for a referee to maintain his family.” He mentioned solely then the referees can focus solely on their jobs.
“So, we are giving contractual jobs to these 50 referees of between 18 to 45 years of age. This is a policy decision we have made and the finer details of how to appoint referees on contractual basis will be chalked out by the AIFF secretariat.
“Also, we have the Chief Refereeing Officer (Trevor Kettle) who is well qualified and a hugely experienced man. He will work with the AIFF Referee Committee. They will make the criteria of the appointments.
“Then, any man and woman who has the requisite qualification or training can apply for the refereeing jobs.” Chaubey mentioned the AIFF has put aside a price range for the appointment of 50 referees however insisted that his organisation will go for high quality quite than numbers.
“Ex-players can also try their luck as referees. They can continue to be a part of the game by refereeing in international matches, in Asian Games or Olympics or World Cup.
“We will encourage quality referees and minimise these human errors in matches.”
He mentioned the AIFF will primarily focus on the refereeing customary of the nationwide stage leagues and tournaments however that ought to percolate down to the state and decrease stage.
“We are setting up refereeing academies and though our main focus is on the quality of refereeing in national level tournaments, surely it will have impact at the state level and quality will also be better there.”
On Monday, Kettle proposed a five-year plan on a number of points like transition to skilled refereeing, state engagement in referee growth, and introduction of expertise within the Indian refereeing system.
The AIFF Referees Committee headed by former FIFA referee Michael Andrews has agreed in precept concerning the mission and determined to evaluation the prevailing coverage and put together a brand new one as per the necessities.
