🇧🇷 CBF plans to turn overlooked gems into referees, here's why

🇧🇷 CBF plans to turn overlooked gems into referees, here's why The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) is considering launching a project to turn "lost gems" into elite referees. The idea was revealed by the entity’s vice president, Ricardo Gluck Paul, in an interview with GE. "We’re discussing whether (the project would cover) up to 21 or 22 years old. Many athletes who play football won’t become professionals. They’ll get stuck halfway there," said Ricardo Gluck Paul. "These guys end up devastated because they didn’t get a contract. Our idea is to say: ‘let’s become referees.’ Someone who has played football has a totally different and better perspective," he added. According to GE , the project "calls for a rigorous selection process, with physical tests, psychotechnical evaluations and vision exams." The goal is to select between 30 and 40 "lost gems" to form a kind of elite group of national referees. "Our idea is to hold a selection process, with physical, psychotechnical and vision tests, and select 30 or 40 guys. We’re going to train these referees, pay for the refereeing course and strengthen this process together with the national commission," the CBF vice president concluded to GE . This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.