piltonjambo Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 From the BBC ... Scottish referees must step down at the age of 47 The Scottish FA's Head of Referee Development says there is no great appetite to raise the age limit for match officials in Scotland. Donald McVicar told BBC Sport the issue had been raised by the Premier League, with a view to further discussion. But McVicar stressed the desire to bring on younger referees means that raising the limit above the current level of 47 would be unhelpful. "There's nothing we or the referee committee want to change," he said. "Up until 2003 we were one of only four or five countries within Uefa that had an age limit of more than 45. "Ours was 50 and we felt that was high given the pace of the modern game and the exposure referees are subjected to. "The matter was debated and we looked at a lot of statistics before lowering it to 47. "Apart from anything else, we have a lot of younger referees wanting to make the breakthrough, and so we have to make space." My view would be that if we lower the age to whatever it takes to get rid of this current crop of Old Firm supporting SFA apologists and downright charlatans we have right now ... we would all be doing the game a favour!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iaing Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 didn't think dallas was 50? or did he retire for other reasons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 From the BBC ... Scottish referees must step down at the age of 47 The Scottish FA's Head of Referee Development says there is no great appetite to raise the age limit for match officials in Scotland. Donald McVicar told BBC Sport the issue had been raised by the Premier League, with a view to further discussion. But McVicar stressed the desire to bring on younger referees means that raising the limit above the current level of 47 would be unhelpful. "There's nothing we or the referee committee want to change," he said. "Up until 2003 we were one of only four or five countries within Uefa that had an age limit of more than 45. "Ours was 50 and we felt that was high given the pace of the modern game and the exposure referees are subjected to. "The matter was debated and we looked at a lot of statistics before lowering it to 47. "Apart from anything else, we have a lot of younger referees wanting to make the breakthrough, and so we have to make space." My view would be that if we lower the age to whatever it takes to get rid of this current crop of Old Firm supporting SFA apologists and downright charlatans we have right now ... we would all be doing the game a favour!!! wouldn't the best thing be that if they are good enough, that they would get a shot to show that and we would gain more "top class" refs either way they will have to be OF supporting bawbags or they wont get a foot in the door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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