{"id":292342,"date":"2023-09-27T20:34:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=292342"},"modified":"2023-09-27T20:34:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T20:34:15","slug":"tv-giants-line-up-for-fly-on-the-wall-documentary-on-referees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/tv-giants-line-up-for-fly-on-the-wall-documentary-on-referees\/","title":{"rendered":"TV giants line-up for\u00a0fly-on-the-wall documentary on referees"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>TV giants line-up for\u00a0fly-on-the-wall documentary on Premier League referees &#8211; with producers keen to humanise match officials and shed light on\u00a0controversial VAR and refereeing decisions<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Talks held over screening a new documentary about the life of top-flight referees<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Professional Game Match Officials Ltd, who manage refs, yet to agree to project<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Premier League broadcasters Sky Sports, TNT Sport and Amazon Prime have held talks over screening a new documentary about the life of top-flight referees.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An independent production company are understood to have pitched the programme to all three of the Premier League&#8217;s domestic rights holders, but it has yet to be signed off by the Professional Game Match Officials Limited [PGMOL], who manage referees.<\/p>\n<p>PGMOL have become more open since the appointment of Howard Webb as its first chief refereeing officer last year however, and may be receptive to the idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The proposal follows the success of Match Officials Mic&#8217;d Up, another new programme in which Webb and Michael Owen use audio from in-game conversations between officials to explain controversial VAR and refereeing decisions.<\/p>\n<p>The premise of the documentary pitch is understood to be an attempt to humanise referees, as well as giving fans a greater understanding of how they carry out their duties and the pressure they are under.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/19\/75905439-0-image-a-2_1695839844287.jpg\" height=\"415\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The premise of the documentary pitch is understood to be an attempt to humanise referees<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/19\/70942909-0-Jermaine_Jenas_made_a_self_censored_X_rated_rant_after_the_penal-a-3_1695839864813.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jermaine Jenas had to apologise after writing on X that referees were &#8216;all ruining our game&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/19\/75804813-0-Jenas_posted_this_on_social_media_in_the_aftermath_saying_refere-a-5_1695839882304.jpg\" height=\"159\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jenas posted this on social media in the aftermath, saying referees are &#8216;ruining our game&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/27\/19\/75804325-0-Cristian_Romero_was_penalised_for_this_handball_offence_with_Buk-a-4_1695839876914.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Cristian Romero was penalised for this handball offence, with Bukayo Saka scoring the penalty<\/p>\n<p>Producers envisaged that referees&#8217; training sessions and pre and post-match meetings will be filmed, as well as unseen footage from games, although the Premier League would also have to give their blessing to the project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a great idea,&#8217; said one source close to the referees. &#8216;It would show a different side to them. How hard it is. The pressure they&#8217;re under. To officiate a Premier League is not easy. One error and you&#8217;re vilified. So something such as this might help people see a different side to officials.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Refereeing decisions often provide the main talking points after Premier League matches, particularly since the introduction of VAR four years ago, which has led to increased interest from broadcasters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Former England and Tottenham midfield player Jermaine Jenas issued an apology earlier this week after writing on X that referees were &#8216;all ruining our game&#8217; after Rob Jones awarded Arsenal penalty in Sunday&#8217;s north London derby.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My emotions got the better of me and I apologise to The FA and to all match officials,&#8217; Jenas posted on X,&#8217; although he did not remove his initial comments.<\/p>\n<p>Webb has attempted to increase the transparency and accountability of referees since joining PGMOL from a similar role in America last year, a move which has been welcomed by broadcasters. The Mic&#8217;d Up show aired for the first time on Sky and TNT three weeks ago and is scheduled to become a regular monthly programme.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon are since understood to have declined the opportunity after hearing the pitch.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12567933\/TV-giants-line-fly-wall-documentary-Premier-League-referees-producers-keen-humanise-match-officials-shed-light-controversial-VAR-refereeing-decisions.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV giants line-up for\u00a0fly-on-the-wall documentary on Premier League referees &#8211; with producers keen to humanise match officials and shed light on\u00a0controversial VAR and refereeing decisions Talks held over screening a new documentary about the life of top-flight referees Professional Game Match Officials&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>TV giants line-up for\u00a0fly-on-the-wall documentary on referees - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/tv-giants-line-up-for-fly-on-the-wall-documentary-on-referees\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TV giants line-up for\u00a0fly-on-the-wall documentary on referees - Sports-Life-News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TV giants line-up for\u00a0fly-on-the-wall documentary on Premier League referees &#8211; 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