Commentators, in the end, Jack and the BBC came to an agreement.

Jack really wanted to give it a try, too. Just being an obscure referee with a high reputation in the refereeing community was not Jack's goal. Maybe when Jack first entered the refereeing industry, he wanted to be a pure referee.

But after a few years as a referee, Jack didn't want to be such a referee.

In the past two years, Jack has used his own column to fight with words without ambiguity. The opportunity to appear on a stage like the BBC, of course, Jack did not resist. On the contrary, Jack cherishes the opportunity.

So after a brief consideration, Jack agreed.

This commentator does not have a fixed salary, and is paid according to the number of commentary sessions. And the BBC only signed Jack on a short-term contract, a one-year contract.

Jack will be a BBC commentator for at least 10 games a year. This includes World Cup qualifiers, national team friendlies, warm-up matches, as well as the club's Champions League, UEFA Cup and so on. Of course, Jack has no choice, and the BBC gives Jack a choice for at least ten commentary opportunities.

The BBC's invitation to Jack was just an attempt, so it was impossible to give Jack too many commentary sessions.

The BBC itself is testing the waters.

Of course, as long as Jack's performance is good, the BBC will not skimp on giving Jack a chance. After all, there are not a few games that the BBC can broadcast in a year. Even if you don't include the domestic games in England, just the Champions League, the League Cup, the national team friendly and warm-up matches, and the World Cup qualifiers add up, there are forty or fifty games a year.

In addition to these, the BBC will also broadcast a number of heavyweight, non-English national and English club matches. If you count all these games, that's more than sixty games.

For a commentator like Jack, there are definitely countless opportunities. As long as Jack is good enough, then there are still plenty of opportunities.

Of course, Jack's pay is not very high. The remuneration for Jack for a game is only £1,400, which is relatively low in the guest commentator industry. For example, Lineker was a guest commentator at the BBC, and he was paid more than £5,000 to comment on a game. The income from commentary competitions alone is more than 300,000 pounds a year.

And those popular commentators are even more powerful. A narrator of Mortenson's level earns an astonishing amount of money a year. Millions of pounds is normal. Add to that the miscellaneous income, and there are millions of pounds a year.

But Jack didn't care.

After all, there is no comparison between himself and a famous player in English football like Lineker, and even more so with a top commentator like Mortensen. I am explaining that this part is a small character. can give yourself a salary of 1,400 pounds, which is not low.

But this is just Jack's side job, and for Jack, his main job is still to be a referee. Only when the main business is done well, can the side business keep up. Therefore, Jack's energy is still focused on the refereeing industry.

On August 7, 2000, the schedule for Premier League matches came out. Of course, it was just the schedule for the first round of the Premier League, and Jack saw his name. Of course, Jack has already been notified by the referee committee.

Jack will officiate Leeds United and Everton.

It's quite unexpected.

Because Leeds United is currently a strong team in the Premier League, Leeds United's performance has been steadily rising in recent years, and it is known as the "Young Guard". Leeds really have a lot of good players, and there are a lot of young talents. In recent years, he has made a lot of waves in the Premier League and has performed well in European competitions.

Everton is not a strong team, and the current strength of Everton is average. Everton is not only not good at strength, but also not financial. Therefore, the current Everton can be relegated is their biggest dream. But no matter how you say it, Everton is also a traditional powerhouse in England. The history is still very glorious.

Therefore, the match between Leeds United and Everton, although not the biggest highlight of this round, is also a heavyweight match. Of course, it is not as strong as Manchester United and Newcastle, Arsenal and Liverpool, but the importance and attention are all games that can become the fourth or third game in this round. Unexpectedly, he gave himself a Premier League rookie to enforce the law.

In addition to Jack officiating Leeds United and Everton, Bol officiating Manchester United and Newcastle and Conor Gallagher officiating Arsenal and Liverpool. It can be seen that their respective positions in the current Premier League.

In the first round of the Premier League, the two top referees in the Premier League, Bol and Gallagher, were in charge. In addition to these three games, there is another important game in this round of the Premier League, that is, Tottenham Hotspur hosts Sunderland.

And it was Howard Webb who officiated the strong dialogue between Tottenham and Sunderland. Needless to say, Tottenham Hotspur is still very strong despite the inconsistent results. No matter how you say Tottenham, Tottenham is also a strong team in north London, and Tottenham is a famous nerve knife in the Premier League, and no strong team dares to ignore him.

Sunderland, on the other hand, was a big dark horse in the Premier League last season and performed very well. Their top scorer, Kevin Phillips, scored more than 30 goals and became last season's top scorer.

While this game may not seem as important as the Leeds United and Everton matches, the reality is that it is a real power-to-power conversation, more important than the game against Jack. Like Everton, they are famous, and their current strength is really not as strong as Sunderland. So Webb's game is more important than Jack's.

There were only eight Premier League matches in the first round, with two more games postponed for a while due to other things. In other words, only eight of the 20 Premier League referees in this round can officiate the game as referees. Unexpectedly, Jack and Webb, two young referees, had the opportunity to enforce the law, which was still a very important game.

Webber and Jack began to show their superiority as young referees from the first game.

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On August 19, 2000, the 00-01 Premier League season officially began.

Elland Road Stadium.

Leeds United's home stadium is also the number one stadium in England. This is because Leeds United itself is an important part of the history of English football, and Leeds United has a rather glorious history. Just like Leeds United was the last champion of League One, it has been the top team in the Premier League in recent years.

So the Elland Road Stadium is not small.

Jack was in the referee's lounge at Elland Road Stadium, talking to his fourth referee and assistant referee. In the lower leagues, a lot of things are not very strict. But after the Premier League, a lot of things are already very strict.

Just like during a game, the referee, the fourth referee, and the two assistant referees must be present at the same time. Several people must come to the pitch together, and no referee is allowed to act alone. You can't come to the pitch early, and you can't come to the pitch later than the other referees. The four referees must determine where several people will meet before the game, and then act together after the meeting. Otherwise, you will be punished by the referee committee from the referee onwards.

It's all about precaution.

Just as the referee is not allowed to meet with the coaches and players of both sides alone, the referee is allowed to come to the court in a group to prevent a referee from contacting the two sides privately.

"Referee Knight, thank you."

More than half of the referees in the Premier League have no match assignments, so most of them have to be the fourth referee. Let these Premier League referees be assistant referees, and no referee is willing to put down the shelf. Since he is not an assistant referee, he can only be the fourth referee.

The fourth referee for Jack in this game was Barry Knight, a 78-year-old referee. However, compared to his qualifications, his promotion speed is very slow. It took 99 years to become a Premier League referee, and it has only been a little more than a year now.

However, for an old referee like Knight, Jack doesn't dare to treat it casually. After all, this is an old referee who debuted in 78 years and has a wide range of connections in the referee industry. If Jack wants to develop enough in the Premier League, and even wants to move into the position of international referee in the future, he must have the support of the Premier League referee.

"You should take care of me."

Barry Knight wasn't really or fake, but he was smiling on the surface.

"The game is about to start."

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