MADRID, 5 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has made several proposals in order to have “greater transparency and functional autonomy” in arbitration, including letting the appointments stop depending on the Arbitration Technical Committee (CTA) and go to a body “belonging” to the federal entity and acting “autonomously”.
The RFEF indicated this Monday that it proposes a series of measures “with the aim of improving transparency and governance in the arbitration field” and “in order to continue improving in arbitration matters and consolidate itself as a reference on the international scene.”
“The RFEF is committed to greater transparency, integration of other estates in the governance of arbitration and functional autonomy. The proposal affects training, dissemination and transparency,” added the body chaired by Luis Rubiales.
Thus, as regards “governance of the system”, the RFEF proposes that the appointing bodies “do not depend organically on the CTA as has happened to date”. “They will be bodies belonging to the RFEF, but they will always act autonomously, as is the case, for example, with disciplinary bodies,” he pointed out.
In addition, his intention is that “two separate bodies” be established, one of which “would be competent for the appointment of referees and assistants” and the other “for the appointment of the VAR and reporting delegates.”
The composition of these bodies would consist of “five members”. Three would be “former referees” and the others would be a representative “of the players” and another “of the coaches”, the latter two “with voice, but no vote.” The five would be appointed by the Delegate Commission of the Assembly, “to which the different estates will be able to send their proposals.”
In the same way, the RFEF proposes holding periodic informative sessions with representatives of clubs and the media, “in order to clarify concepts based on the visualization of specific plays”, offering the participation of the coaches.
“With this series of measures, the RFEF wants to strengthen the proper functioning of the Spanish arbitration body, recognized as one of the best in the world and with enormous prestige in Europe. Proof of this is that Spain has been the country with the most representatives in the continental competitions this year”, he declared.