"Mike, what's going on?"

Good thing England is small place. "If it were a big country like China, it would be impossible to hold such an ad hoc meeting." After all, everyone is only given a few hours to get to the meeting place.

However, England is small, not as large as China's provinces.

By plane, it was there quickly. When Jack arrived, he saw Mike Riley at the door. Mike Riley, a very low-key person. But because people are very tactful, all aspects of the relationship are handled very well.

Not only does the relationship with the referee committee boss be very good, but also the relationship with those top referees is also good. As referees who are closer to Neil Barry and Bol, neither Paul Dugin nor Gallagher have any personal attacks on Mike Riley, which shows Mike Riley's tactfulness.

Mike Riley is also the number one on the referee committee.

"It's not a small thing anyway."

"Does it have anything to do with Philip Don?"

Although Jack is only a referee with very little qualifications, his acumen is not bad. The moment he received the call, Jack already had some ideas. Philip Tang is the chief referee and the most powerful person on the referee committee.

The Premier League referee does not say that it is an impromptu meeting, even if it is a regular meeting every two weeks, it is directly managed by Philip Tang. Without Philip Don's consent, the Premier League referee meeting would not have been able to take place at all. Moreover, any decision of the referee company is invalid without the signature of Philip Tang.

But now Philip Don is on vacation, and Jack has just spoken to him on the phone. On the phone, Philip Tang was very laid-back, and Jack didn't hear Philip Tang say anything about the meeting.

If it was really Philip Don who called the impromptu meeting, he must have told Jack on the phone. It is clear that this impromptu meeting was not convened by Philip Tang.

Since it wasn't Philip Don who summoned him, Jack could only think of the other side.

"Jack, don't mess around when you get inside. You just listen to it. ”

Jack frowned. Although Mike Riley didn't speak directly, the meaning was already clear. This is a meeting convened by other senior members of the referee committee. In addition to Philip Don, the most powerful members of the current referee committee are Keith Hackett and Joe Geist.

Could it be the two of them?

A palace coup?

It's an exaggeration. But it was clear that this was an impromptu meeting of the top of the referee committee behind the back of Philippe Tang. This made Jack still a little uncomfortable.

"Jack, I know you have a good relationship with Philip Don. But you'd better not say anything later. Anyway, it has nothing to do with you. ”

Mike Riley saw Jack's frown and immediately warned Jack.

Jack, the little referee, looks quite kind. But look at his performance in the last refereeing committee. Although Philip Tang's rules were outrageous, no one dared to directly oppose them.

But Jack was confronted against Philip Don.

If you are stubborn and make trouble inside, although it has no impact on the overall situation, everyone will be embarrassed. After all, Jack is the youngest referee in the Premier League and the youngest international referee in world football. It has always been the focus of the FA's training, and if he really says the wrong thing, it will affect Jack's development.

"I understand. Thank you, Mike. ”

"Anyway, Jack, you have to know that this matter has nothing to do with you."

"Yes."

Hearing Mike Riley's words, Jack's heart was even heavier. Philip Don is a man that many people don't like. Even Jack's teacher, Jack Taylor, disliked Philip Don very much.

Thinks Philip Don is too domineering.

And Jack and Philip Don don't really have much of a relationship. I haven't met face-to-face many times, and I haven't communicated a few times. It can be said that when it comes to personal relationships, Jack and Philip Don are almost zero.

But Jack still has inexplicable feelings for Philip Don.

For Philip Don, Jack admires this person very much. I am also very grateful to him for his continuous support.

"Jack, it's fast."

"Howard, you're here too."

While Jack and Mike Riley were talking, Webb arrived at the scene. Everyone is still relatively punctual, after all, England is not very big. As long as you take the plane, there is no problem with being on time.

"Let's go inside."

"Yes."

When the three of them entered the meeting place, Jack was surprised. I thought it was a meeting convened by Keith Hackett and Joe Geist, but I didn't expect that there were really a lot of people at the scene.

FA executive chairman Adams Crozell and national referee manager Jim Ashworth, who had not shown his face for a long time, were also on the scene. There is also one of the representatives of the Premier League company, Scuda Moore.

From the FA, the Premier League, and the referee committee, all of them came, but the chief referee, Philip Tang, was missing.

And several of the Premier League's top referees are in it. Jack: They're kind of slow. Jack couldn't help but look at Mike Riley next to him, estimating that he and he didn't meet by chance, but Mike Riley was waiting for some referees to arrive.

After a while, many referees came to the meeting place one after another.

"Everybody's here, an urgent ad hoc meeting is going today."

Although everyone arrived, this was the place where the referees met. The meeting was chaired by Keith Hackett, Development Manager at the Referee Company. And the FA and the Premier League are sitting on either side.

The atmosphere of the meeting was a little wrong from the start.

"We ask Mr. Skudamore, the representative of the Premier League company, to speak on behalf of the Premier League club."

Skudamore is not young, and the referees here are very familiar. Because he is one of the current decision-makers of the Premier League and the biggest contender for the next CEO of the Premier League.

"I'm going to start with a set of data. At the end of the four league rounds, there were eleven red cards and more than 160 yellow cards. ”

Although the referees present did not speak, they were all surprised. Because usually, it is a lot to have six or seven red cards at the end of four rounds, but this time there were eleven red cards.

This is even more true for yellow cards.

Historically, it was normal to have 100 yellow cards at the end of four rounds. But now there are 160 yellow cards, which is too high.

"For a lot of Premier League clubs, this year's game is completely inexplicable. They don't know what to do? Because any slight mistake in the action will result in a yellow card. This is completely unacceptable to everyone. ”

Looking at Skudamore's accusation, Jack's face was calm. Because Jack already understands what the occasion is.

As soon as Skudamore finished speaking, Jim Ashworth immediately picked up. Jim Ashworth is the head of the national refereeing team. Logically speaking, he is a very important figure in the referee committee. Even some ordinary referee meetings, he can organize. Then hand over the meeting to Philip Don.

But after the establishment of the referee company, he has rarely appeared in front of everyone. Even when it was a meeting, he rarely spoke. Because he didn't know Philip Don well, he didn't come from within the referees' committee.

Today, however, he spoke actively.

"It's also very difficult for us referees. In the third round, our Bennett referee was warned and deducted points. Because in the game he officiated, the touchline ball was not strictly followed. But it's not uncommon for a sideline ball to be one or two meters apart, or even three or four meters. But it was because of this mistake that Referee Bennett was punished. It's not just Bennett, it's Halsey. Because there was a two-metre error between the free kick service position and the place of the foul, he was penalized with a penalty of demerit points. ”

It's all prepared.

Jim Ashworth was clearly prepared. His remarks resonated with many of the referees present. Enforcement this season has suddenly become hard.

If you don't pay attention to it a little, it's the reprimand and deduct points above. Of course, just reprimands and deductions have no substantial impact on these Premier League referees, except for their bad looks.

But in addition to reprimands and demerit points, some referees even impose fines and sentry bans. This is quite serious, and even affects the referee's income.

Blocking people's money is like killing parents.

The referees are ordinary people. You affect my income, and I certainly won't like you. As for Philip Tang's contribution to the professionalization of referees, everyone has long overlooked.

Soon after the two of them finished complaining, the FA executive chairman also came up to speak. The meaning of the words is very simple, very unhappy with the new rules of the current Premier League referee company.

Dissatisfied.

Philip Tang's new rules have caused outrage.

"What do you think?"

Finally, Keith Hackett asked the Premier League referees in the room. Most of the Premier League referees who are here today are young referees. They all became Premier League referees in the past three years.

Although these people all see the problem, none of them have much to say.

So everybody looked at the old referees. In the end, it was Paul Dugin who spoke first: "The new regulations are indeed too dead. It's not just the players who are uncomfortable, but we the referees are also hard to let go. The more regulations there are, the more miscalculations there are, the more they are. ”

Paul Dugin spoke, and soon the other referees followed.

Jack looked at the executive chairman of the FA, the spokesperson for the Premier League company, the senior management of the refereeing company, and these top referees, and knew in his heart that the time of Philip Tang was coming to an end.

Sure enough, after the FA, the Premier League, and the referee company finished the high-level discussions, the executive chairman of the FA announced. Because Philip Tang was angry with the new rules, he removed Philip Tang from the position of chief referee. Keith Hackett was appointed interim chief referee.

It's funny.

The deposed Philip Don was still on vacation at this time.

(My dad is celebrating his 60th birthday today, so I've been busy with this this week.) I apologize to everyone. ）