Football referees who failed health exams on March 1 and a couple of in Karonga and Mzuzu, respectively, won’t be allowed to take cost of matches within the 2025 soccer season within the northern area.
This is a conspicuous departure from what has been taking place prior to now when such referees have been nonetheless given probability to take cost of matches in decrease leagues even after failing the exams.
The Northern Region Referees Committee (NRRC) says what was taking place prior to now is coming to an finish this season with an goal to make sure normal {and professional} soccer refereeing within the area.
General Secretary for the committee, Pearson Kamanga, advised Nyasa Times the area has sufficient referees who handed the exams and there’s no have to proceed accommodating failures.
“The tendency [of accommodating those who fail tests] was detrimental to football development. We are not doing that any more. We want our referees to work hard both theoretically and physically so that football refereeing is not compromised. They cannot officiate even in the FAM Moto Division One and SIMSO-Mzuzu Under 12 Premier League this season,” defined Kamanga.
Physical health exams are a standard train yearly earlier than graduation of the season. The train is performed by the Football Association of Malawi (FAM) in collaboration with National Referees Association (NRA).
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