Howard Webb, a former referee for the Premier League and the current chief executive officer of Professional Game Match Officials Limited, has disclosed the amount of money that referees in the top flight earn.
Between the years 2003 and 2014, Webb served as an official in the Premier League. Additionally, he was employed as a FIFA international referee from 2005 until 2014. During this time, he was in charge of the 2010 World Cup final match between Spain and the Netherlands. Webb is currently 53 years old.
In the years that have passed, he has held positions such as General Manager and Head of Video Assistant Referee for the Professional Referee Organisation for Major League Soccer. Subsequently, he was offered the position of Chief Operating Officer for the Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL), and he is currently serving as Chief Refereeing Officer.
Referees are frequently the subject of discussion, particularly ever since the introduction of video assistant referees (VAR) in the Premier League at the beginning of the 2019/20 competitive season.
No one can deny the fact that some referees are prone to making errors; however, given the amount of pressure that is placed on them, this is to be expected.
Officials of matches are subjected to harassment both inside stadiums and on the internet. In light of the aforementioned considerations, would you say that their efforts are adequately compensated?
In a recent presentation, Webb, who was accompanied by Danielle Every, who is currently serving as Chief Operating Officer, provided an overview of the financial aspects involved with officials to clubs in the English Football League (EFL) across all three divisions.
A request for additional funding was made by him after he disclosed that the PGMOL could suffer a loss of £23.1 million over the course of the next five years, as reported by the Mail.
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