The decisiveness of the referee’s decisions depend on his visibility of the incident when it occurred, his understanding and interpretation of the laws and the incident, his nearness and his present felt, his whistling and his assertiveness and courage in his approach towards the incident. As such, often the incident seen and interpreted by the officials may differ from that of the team officials. Position of the viewer – nearness to play, in line with play (especially for offside call or ball in and out of play) and the angle of view as perceived by the match officials and team officials; are factors that differs the opinion.
At times, the referee do erred in his decisions and the communication procedures and the cooperation of the assistant referees and the fourth official permits the referee to correct his error. The laws state that the referee can reverse his decision as long as play has not been restarted. The major responsibility here is to prevent serious error from occurring. A decision once reached, announced and perhaps partially implemented will see the match officials encountering with resistance if something different eventually needs to be done.
Among the potential serious errors which the match officials should prevent are: the failure to give a red card following the issuance of a second yellow card; the display of a card to the wrong player; the display of a wrong card to a player; the failure to punish instigating behavior in addition to any retaliation; an action which is contrary to the Laws of the Game or the local rules of the competition; an incorrect determination that a goal was scored or not or violent conduct has occurred which carries the threat of further serious misconduct. Decisions on whether a foul occur or not, a goal or not cannot be reversed once the play has restarted but disciplinary actions to players can still be corrected at the nearest realizing of the error. For instant, a wrong player being cautioned, a wrong card to the player, player receiving a second caution has not been expel form the field of play, any misconduct offences occur behind the referee or has not been punished. For these errors, the attention of the referee at the earliest possible opportunity as the information may be used by the referee to recover some measure of authority through the player management strategies. It is better than never for it would a serious error to allow a player who is supposed to be expelled to continue playing. Two wrongs cannot make one right!
At times, the referee do erred in his decisions and the communication procedures and the cooperation of the assistant referees and the fourth official permits the referee to correct his error. The laws state that the referee can reverse his decision as long as play has not been restarted. The major responsibility here is to prevent serious error from occurring. A decision once reached, announced and perhaps partially implemented will see the match officials encountering with resistance if something different eventually needs to be done.
Among the potential serious errors which the match officials should prevent are: the failure to give a red card following the issuance of a second yellow card; the display of a card to the wrong player; the display of a wrong card to a player; the failure to punish instigating behavior in addition to any retaliation; an action which is contrary to the Laws of the Game or the local rules of the competition; an incorrect determination that a goal was scored or not or violent conduct has occurred which carries the threat of further serious misconduct. Decisions on whether a foul occur or not, a goal or not cannot be reversed once the play has restarted but disciplinary actions to players can still be corrected at the nearest realizing of the error. For instant, a wrong player being cautioned, a wrong card to the player, player receiving a second caution has not been expel form the field of play, any misconduct offences occur behind the referee or has not been punished. For these errors, the attention of the referee at the earliest possible opportunity as the information may be used by the referee to recover some measure of authority through the player management strategies. It is better than never for it would a serious error to allow a player who is supposed to be expelled to continue playing. Two wrongs cannot make one right!
Modified from USSF article - team communications
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