"Why, you're looking for me for this. ｛{”

Philip Don received Jack very coldly, and was even impatient with what Jack said. But Jack didn't care, because Philip Tang had been like this all these years, and Jack was used to it. Although Philip Tang has become colder and colder over the years, he has always been promoted and reused for Jack.

From the referee in League C to the referee in League One, then the referee in the Premier League. And in less than a season in the Premier League, Jack was given a spot as an international referee.

This love, Jack is in his heart.

"Yes."

Jack didn't come today for himself. There weren't many of the instructions that really had anything to do with Jack. And even if he did raise an objection, it wouldn't be Jack's turn. Jack was really just trying to persuade Philip Don today. Therefore, he is upright, and he is not asking Philip Don to do something. So completely ignore Philip Tang's attitude.

"You made the wrong decision."

"What's wrong?"

Philip Don suddenly looked at Jack with a smile, and was more interested in hearing what Jack had to say. Philip Tang was genuinely interested, because for several years no one dared to say that his decision was wrong.

Not to mention the Premier League referee, even the partners who worked with him back then, such as Keith Hackett and Joe Geist, no one directly said that they were wrong in the past two years.

"Mr. Philip Tang, the rules are too detailed. It's not just that you're going to make the players uncomfortable, because any action is a yellow card, which in itself doesn't make sense. And it also makes the referee uncomfortable because you have the referee completely tied up. What do you want referees to do like this? ”

Refereeing is a profession with a high degree of freedom.

One referee has one style, and no referee style is exactly the same. Depending on the referee's style and scale, there will be completely opposite penalties in the game.

Just like Jack and Webb, the two men have different styles of law enforcement. Among Jack's friends, Atkinson and Phil Dodd were even more different.

But football is very tolerant of that.

As long as you don't make mistakes in offside, corners, and touchline kicks, because these things have nothing to do with the referee, it's a complete technical problem. Others, such as the awarding of fouls, are completely free to referee. Generally, the referee will award the penalty according to his own scale. And many media believe that this different style of referees is also a charm of football.

It's not just the media, it's the football clubs. They study the referee's style of enforcement before the game, which is also an important preparation for them. For different referees, they will have different countermeasures. This has been a habit for decades.

But if Philip Don does that, there is very little the referee can do. Because after Philip Don has a lot of rules, if the referee doesn't follow them, then the referee will be punished greatly. Penalty points, fines, relegation to lower leagues, and more.

"And you're also carefully stipulating the various rewards and punishments for the referees in various situations, which is even more wrong. In this way, you will make the players depressed, the referees depressed. The players are dissatisfied, and so are the referees. Why are you so troubled? ”

After listening to Jack's words, Philip Don sneered: "Dissatisfied, what's the dissatisfaction." The smaller the role of the referee, the fairer the game. The more carefully it is prescribed, the less controversial it will be. Don't you understand such a simple truth? ”

Jack shook his head.

Philip Don is right about something. The less human interference, the more just it will be. The more carefully it is prescribed, the less controversial it will be. This is basically true.

Just like the players who are being treated on the sidelines, the average referee is very lenient about them entering the field. They can signal to the referee from the nearest place to enter the field, and the referee will acquiesce. Basically, there are very few referees who punish them for not entering the field from the prescribed place.

But there are some very strict judges.

They're picky. They have to start from the rules. Sometimes these players are warned that they are not following the rules. Some referees even give them yellow cards.

That's the controversy.

They didn't have a problem doing it, because they strictly followed the rules. But in the same way, other referees think that such referees have nothing to do, and belong to the kind of people who have nothing to do.

After all, such a small thing does not hinder the game.

So there will be disputes between the referees.

Strictly regulated, there will indeed be fewer such controversies. But such strict regulations are of no use. Such trivial things have no impact on the course of the game

And although the English referee is a little less capable, he is very humane, which is well-known in European football. But if such a hard and fast rule is not in line with the humanity that the Premier League has always promoted.

"It's going to reduce controversy, but it's going to be unhappy with the players, the clubs, the referees. This will be very bad for you. ”

Jack is really good for Philip Don.

Philip Don is very good, and he is the boss in the world of referees. As the chief referee, the power is so great that even the president of the FA has to be cautious. After all, he holds the supreme power of refereeing, and he can almost say everything in the refereeing world.

But that doesn't mean that Philip Don is really supreme.

After all, the current Premier League Referee Co., Ltd. was established by the FA, the referee committee, and the Premier League company, and it is not a continuation of the referee committee of the year. The FA and Premier League companies also have their own strength, and they also have their own representatives who work in the Premier League Referees Co., Ltd. It's just not as good as Philip Don.

Philip Tang's biggest support came from his comrades-in-arms who fought alongside him when refereeing was professional. These people are now the top management of the referee company, and they are all powerful figures in the referee industry at present.

Coupled with Philip Tang's professionalization of referees, it is a huge benefit for all referees. In just one year, the income of many Premier League referees has increased several times.

Therefore, the referee is also his backing.

But these are not very solid. The comrades-in-arms who fought side by side with him back then, they were his collaborators, not his loyal subordinates. Back then, when we had the same goal, we could work together. But now it's time to divide the cake, and there is no longer the cooperation of the year.

The same people are forgetful, and those referees are paid several times more because of Philip Don. But when everyone's interests are at stake, they quickly forget about it.

When the time really comes, none of these people will become his true allies. On the contrary, what he is doing now is pushing them to the hostile side as well.

"Not good for me? What's downside. Alright, Jack, I've decided on this. ”

"......"

"It's going to be a Premier League referee meeting, and then you agree."

By this time, Philip Don was a little impatient. Philip Don is a busy man, and he has time to listen to Jack, a Premier League referee.

"No, I'm not going to agree."

Jack originally had a very low status in the refereeing industry, but Jack had just become an international referee, and his status was immediately a big step higher. After all, among the referees in the Premier League, the number of international referees is very small. Although he is still young, he is also qualified to speak.

"Jack, you ......"

Philip Don was surprised. has known Jack for so many years, and in his eyes, Jack is still a hairy child. Unexpectedly, Jack directly said that he would not agree.

It made him a little angry.

Although he was cold to Jack, he always considered Jack to be his descendant. Anyway, it's also a referee who is pulled by himself. Without his own promotion, where is the current Jack.

"Mr. Philip Tang, I am here for your own good, and it will be very bad for you to do this. And in the same way, as a referee, I also think that what you give is not right, and it is detrimental to the interests of the club and the referee. ”

Jack replied to him directly.

When Jack saw Philip Don's appearance, he knew that Philip Don wouldn't listen to him. Of course, I didn't have that weight in the first place. But Jack did his best.

"I see."

Philip Don didn't get angry, but waved Jack away.

"Mr. Philip Tang, you better think about it."

With that, Jack left Philip Don's office. I have said everything that should be said, and I have persuaded those who should be persuaded. I don't care about my own business in the future.

…………

On 22 July 2001, the pre-season Premier League refereeing meeting began.

If the letter to the referee was Philip Don's notice, then this meeting was Philip Don's formalization of the rules for the season. Keith Hackett didn't speak, and Joe Geist didn't object.

Even veteran referees such as Paul Dugin and Neil Barry did not speak, and Bol and Gallagher, the top referees of the Premier League, did not speak. The whole room was silent, except for the voice of Philip Don.

Anyway, Philip Tang's regulations passed easily.

Philip Don was full of ambition, but Jack was shaking his head below. There are even a lot of criticisms about Keith Hackett and Joe Geist, as well as those old referees and the top referees who are rightly popular.

Such a very outrageous thing, they didn't even say anything about it. It's all obviously a joke about Philip Don.

Damn it.