On Jun 26, 2006, at 10:29 AM, paul brown wrote:
I don't see why there is no appeal process either - if the ref has
made an error
then it should be recinded but with Captain Luddite in charge of
FIFA, there's
little chance of either of these things happening.
The fundamental part of Law 5 is that the referee is the sole
arbiter of what happened. Period.
That said, once the referee decides what happened, the only basis
for appeal is if he fails to act on that decision. For example, say
that he decides that some player's action merits a caution (yellow
card). If it turns out that this is the second caution for that
player, and by oversight the referee does not send him off, then
there is grounds for appeal. You cannot appeal the decision to issue
the caution; you can appeal the failure to send off, which is not at
the referee's discretion. If that player affected the outcome of the
game, you can certainly appeal that, and most likely, the match would
be replayed.
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