Respect is earned, not demanded!
Why on earth would anybody want to be a football (soccer) referee?? It’s a thankless task with ever increasing levels of scrutiny, media coverage, negative press and seemingly increasing levels of abuse. So why then, knowing all of this as the previous comments are no secret to anyone, would anybody choose to continue in this role, let alone make a decision to join the ranks?? The fact is, whilst abuse does happen in football across the world, there is a current trend amongst some corners of the refereeing fraternity that is in all out war against anybody who dares to make a negative comment towards the poor individual in the black kit. This demand for unquestionable and apparently unearned respect simply for doing the job they do is actually doing nobody any favours. These same people who demand this respect seem to show quite a fair amount of disrespect for their own bosses globally and nationally and pin the blame squarely on them. Let’s get real. Society has seen a shift over the