Ace Ncobo: Safa‚ PSL squabbling like ‘kindergarten kids’ has scuppered pro refereeing

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Andile ‘Ace’ Ncobo says referees should be professionalised to improve standards and cut down on the glaring officiating errors seen in the Premier Soccer League (PSL)‚ but he added that South African football politics stands in the way of such a measure being taken.

The 2019-20 PSL season had plenty of flare-ups of controversies over officiating blunders before the shutdown of football due to the national lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

“For me‚ a person who is an educator‚ and we have many on the referees’ panel‚ whose main job is waking up‚ going to teach the kids at school‚ come back‚ mark papers – refereeing becomes a side issue. “The only impediment which was there was that the cut-off age for retirement of refs is 47‚ and people in government retire at 60‚” Ncobo said.

“And I was proved right when after we fought for the monthly stipend we had people resign from jobs that didn’t allow them to do midweek games‚ even if they weren’t being paid what top-class referees [abroad] can earn.” “If these guys were professional every day they would be on a field of play. If I were to run it every day I would find a club practising in the township‚ MDC [reserve league] teams‚ university or school teams‚ whoever has a practise match‚ and have refs on the field every day.”

 

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