Referees soon equipped with cameras to dissuade violent players – Liberation
Faced with the scourge of violence on the ground, the French Football Federation (FFF) will draw inspiration a device carried by the police officers And equip cameras in sensitive amateur matches, announced Philippe Diallo On the occasion of the FFF General Assembly in Clairefontaine, this Saturday, June 14. According to the French football leader, the first effect of this tool is « Deterrence »since the players knowing themselves filmed should be less vindictive.
This device has already been tested this season in three districts: the Grand Vaucluse, the Moselle, and the Loire. In the latter, it has been applied to 140 matches since 2017, and for only two the images then served in a disciplinary committee.
« We must provide an intransigent response to these troublemakers who come to disturb our competitions and prevent us from fully enjoying the pleasure of playing football », A hammered Diallo. The federal president assured that « The federation will be extremely firmly ».
Philippe Diallo also asked for « Let the scale of sanctions be increased », and that in case arbitrator « Broking an ITT (total incapacity for work) The sanction can go against the aggressor to a lifetime suspension, at least long enough so that we can no longer see the fault on land ».
The FFF proposed other measures to combat violence and incivility in amateur football. Among them, that only captains can contact the referees, as with professionals, the establishment of temporary match suspensions where the two teams join their repair surface to drop the pressure or the use of white card for a temporary exclusion of a player for incivility.
The Comex (Executive Committee) of the FFF also proposed that the Federation files a systematic complaint as a civil party, as well as the leagues and the districts, in the event of assault of arbitrators.
