The Arbitration Council (CA) of the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) decided to end public assessments of referee performance, leading to a drastic reduction in sector communication. Duarte Gomes, the former national technical director of refereeing, commented on this decision, emphasizing that "going back to the Stone Age is not the solution."
The article notes that refereeing is an overly sensitive sector where fans contest, clubs repeatedly accuse, commentators speculate, and social media comments without officials speaking out. This results in a lack of official information that gets filled with external disinformation.
Duarte Gomes warned on social media that the problem is not about closing doors again, but rather the "wall" being built around a class that, once again, has everything to lose. The article argues that whoever doesn't improve, gets worse, and that the "Stone Age" represents a lack of questioning and evolution.
The author, identified as an Ambassador for Sports Ethics, concludes that the situation isn't resolved by attacking people, but rather by questioning the immobility that exists in every process and sector, where no one questions themselves and nothing is called into question.
