Doesn't MLS hire their own referees?Originally Posted by Yohan
Doesn't MLS hire their own referees?
No. All refs are USSF/CSA sanctioned and assigned to games.
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
their excuse is that it's USSF managed, but really it is a hand-and-glove relationship. They've worked together since the start.
Who pays? If MLS decided they wanted to pay more would the federations hire better quality refs? Is it related to money?
I'm not sure. but one of USSF mandates is to grow the referee pool in US...
“Years have gone by and I’ve finally learned to accept myself for who I am: a beggar for good football.
I go about the world, hand outstretched, and in the stadiums I plead: ‘A pretty move, for the love of God.’
And when good football happens, I give thanks for the miracle and I don’t give a damn which team or country performs it.”
-Eduardo Galeano
Yeah, I'm totally for that. In Canada too with the CSA.
I believe that the MLS decides how much they are going to pay their refs. I believe that if they wanted they could pay more and get better talent, and focus on training also by paying for good quality instructors. Higher salary refs would also start attracting people who could see a good career in being an MLS refs.
I hope they start heading down this avenue soon. It's very hard to see such inconsistency in the calls from week to week and even during the games themselves.
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