Despite the great development in the fitness of players and the speed of modern football, the obesity phenomenon of some referees and the emergence of "krushham", is still present even in the five major European leagues and Premier League in particular.
The year 2015 saw an attack by then-Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho on Phil David, ruling his team's match that he lost to Tottenham 5-3 in the Premier League.
The British press at the time shed light on Mourinho's crying out to Judge David, "You are too fat to be a referee."
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- Chelsea News (@Chelsea_Arb) January 12, 2015
Despite the prevalence of the obesity phenomenon of some rulers in African and Arab leagues, the Premier League remains the most prominent of the stigmatized leagues with this strange phenomenon, given that it is highlighted as one of the most important leagues in the world and among the five major in Europe.
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The criticism of the Premier League does not stop because of the obesity of the rulers, just as the masses entered the criticism line and became a mourner of the ruling that angered the fat, including English referee Simon Hopper and his colleague Bob Madley, who received a large share of criticism last season from the masses and the English media, before it was completed. He was struck off after being involved in disgraceful behavior, then pardoned him this year to return to arbitration in lower degrees only
Referee Bobby Madley has quit as a Premier League official due to "a change in his personal circumstances."
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The former international referee and analyst in "BN Sports" Jamal Al Sharif for Al Jazeera Net said that the phenomenon of excess weight was very clear in the English competitions in general, but it started to shrink, as the current list of obese people are limited to the judgments Jonathan Moss and Lee Mason, which are - despite their obesity and the emergence Their belly - high fitness.
Al-Sharif added that the English referee Mike Dean was fat as well, but after the campaign launched by the British press because of his very extra weight and prominent abdomen, he defied everyone and underwent a strict sports and diet program during which he lost 40 kilograms of his weight, and returned the current season with an ideal weight.
When Mike Dean turned into Pierluigi Collina pic.twitter.com/Gcm8AZ9nRs
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Al-Sharif believes that experience and efficiency compensate for the appearance and extra weight, and that the criterion is to match the referee with high techniques and correct moves and the lowest percentage of errors that do not affect the outcome of the matches.
Fitness, not agility
Football commentator on "BN Sports" Ahmed Abdo agrees with Sharif's opinion, stressing that the criterion in evaluating the referee is fitness, not agility, especially in the many English leagues and competitions, including the FA Cup, in which about 900 teams participate alone.
Abdo says to Al-Jazeera Net that the old age of referees in Britain is the reason for the prevalence of obesity among them, especially in the lower levels, where the judgment continues in stadiums until the age of 52 years as Mike Dean, and whenever the ruling in age is difficult for him to control his weight.
The former international referee and analyst in the “League and Cup” channels Hamdi Qadri differs with the opinion of the Sharif and his servant, as he sees that the form of governance, its elegance and the grace of its body give a positive impression to the viewer first and the players and technicians in the second place, and that it is not acceptable to watch a ruling in a large competition for professionals and grease hanging His body and stomach are prominent, even if the referee runs the matches at a good level.
Al-Qadri says to Al-Jazeera Net that "It may be normal in the matches of the lower levels and the amateurs, and this we see in a big way in Europe where most of the amateur games are led by referees with ages over fifty, and their interest in fitness, weight and body is very little, and the local committees do not care much about the form and age of the referee because local competitions Amateurs require thousands of referees to manage matches, including Germany, where I live there and watch these referees in amateur games. "