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Originally Posted by ukhotstove
I said English refs are the best and even those are few and far between, refs from countries like Sri Lanka as an example just aren't up to scratch it would be like saying somebody who refs in the English non leagues should be able to ref top matches.
Let me ask you a question do you think an official from a college baseball game who is used to games attended by say 5,000 fans could handle the pressure of a World Series game attended by around 50,000 with cameras from all around the globe, personally I think he'd need a change of boxers every inning.
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It really comes down to the personality of the person (player or ref) when it comes to handling the pressure. Sure, it would be preferable to use people with lots of big match experience. But then the pool of refs would shrink considerably. Perhaps its time for FIFA to force the domestic leagues to use a few foreign refs.