Turkish Football Federation Central Referee Board President Ferhat Gündoğdu made a statement on TRT Spor.
HERE ARE FERHAT GÜNDOĞDU’S STATEMENTS
NEW SYSTEM IN MHK
“This is an issue that is on everyone’s agenda. You said referees have the leading role. The leading role here should be football. As a nation, we attach too much meaning to the referee. We expect everything from the referee that we expect from the leading player. It is time to take the meaning from the individuals and turn it into the game. From the special point of refereeing, our football is more about the pleasure of watching.” This is decreasing the brand value. What should we do for the brand value of football? Such a study was initiated during the time of Nihat Özdemir and I am Serdar. “When I took office after Bey, they talked to me about this system. The foundations of today started from that period. Afterwards, this issue was not discussed for a while. They had prepared a report about it during Mehmet Büyükekşi’s term.”
“WE HAD MEETINGS IN GERMANY AND ENGLAND”
“We said that we can now propose this with the report we have prepared. We explained this study at the Clubs Association meeting and they accepted it. Now the button has been pressed. We held meetings in Germany and England.”
“THERE ARE TWO GOOD EXAMPLES OF PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT OF REFEREEING”
“It is a very good thing to make comparisons. We can compare how we currently manage refereeing. There are two very good examples of professional management of refereeing. These are the examples of England and Germany. We cannot take them as an exact example. The systems they have established may overlap with us in some matters. In cases where they do not overlap, we can focus on ourselves.” “We set out to adapt it. The basic point of the system was this. We saw the results of the refereeing system of the Super League and the 1st League, which have such great economic value, being managed with the logic of public administration.”
“OUR GOAL IS TO MOVE TO A SYSTEM WHERE APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE AUTOMATICALLY”
“Two of the people who will oversee the work in that transition process, which we call the advisory board, will be determined by the Super League clubs, one by the 1st League clubs and two by the TFF. There will be a team of 5 people in total. We suggested that this system start in the 20th week. During the transition period in the half-season We wanted to gain experience. Our Clubs Association president also said: “Maybe it will not be the 20th week, it may be postponed a little further. It is possible that it will be within two weeks.” “Our goal is to move to a system where appointments will be made automatically after the Advisory Board takes office.”
““YOU CAN APPOINT ALL REFEREES”
“Our federation president told the clubs, ‘You can appoint all the referees. You have a say in the completely new referee system.’ “The clubs accepted this offer.”