Transcript Respect

Why Respect?
• Response to largest ever football consultation involving
37,000 stakeholders
• Abuse towards referees and sideline behaviour are the top two
issues football wants The FA to address.
• 98% of referees have received verbal abuse and 27% have
received physical abuse
• One in three grassroots matches are now played without a
qualified match official
• 846 grassroots matches were abandoned last year due to
unacceptable behaviour from players and/or spectators
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Core to The FA Strategy:
• Respect is one of 14 critical milestones in The
FA Vision
• Success for Respect will contribute to The National
Game Strategy targets of:
• 20,500 new teams
• 8000 new referees
• Better players (5-11)
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Aim:
The aim of Respect is to address the culture of verbal
and physical abuse:
• Towards referees
• By pushy parents & coaches towards children
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Supporting existing referees to stay in the game
Recruiting more referees – 8000 in the next four years
Creating fun and safe playing environments
Educating people on what is acceptable and unacceptable
behaviour towards referees and youngsters
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Aim
Specific aims of Respect
• A Whole Game Approach - A Professional
include:
and National Game programme to challenge
poor behaviour.
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Pro Game
Professional Game - Five key practical steps:
• Referee managing the game
• Captain taking more responsibility
• Pre-match briefing meeting with referee &
managers/captains
• Team handshake before kick-off
• Removal of TV monitors from the
technical area
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National Game
National Game - Four key practical measures:
• Codes of conduct – players, spectators,
refs, coaches
• Designated Spectators’ Areas
• Referee managing the game
• Captain taking more responsibility
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From pilot to programme …
…tried and tested.
What was the scope of the
Respect pilot?
We worked with:
• 7 County FAs, 20 Leagues, 345 teams
• 10 weeks - during second half of last season
• The active leagues uploaded their fixtures to Full Time
• Supported by online feedback system
• Analysis conducted by independent experts
• Backed up by marketing and PR activity
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How will Respect work in
practice?
Measure One:
Codes of Conduct
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How will Respect work in
practice?
Five Codes of Conduct:
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Young Players
Adult Players
Spectators and Parents/Carers
Coaches, Team Managers and Club Officials
Referees
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Gain support – ask everyone to sign up to the code
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Display the codes for all to see (inc visitors & spectators)
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Existing sanctions are in place for 2008/09. Specific sanctions will
come into play for 2009/10
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Sanctions
• The sanctions are in line with current FA Disciplinary guidance and processes
• A review of sanctions will take place on what ‘jurisdiction’ clubs, Leagues,
County FA’s and the FA have to take action against individuals and clubs
• Support for Respect in 2008/09 will be achieved by promotion, persuasion,
good practice, monitoring and evaluation and the development of a ‘critical
mass’
• Respect - is not mandatory but could in future seasons become so.
• The Respect programme aims to have all of the required sanctions in place
for season 2009/10. For this season we will employ existing sanctions.
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How will Respect work in
practice?
Measure Two:
Designated touchline
areas for spectators
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How will Respect work in
practice?
Setting up Designated Supporter Areas
The size of area around pitches will
dictate whether you use:
• poles with band
• cone
• painted lines
Ideally spectator areas will be;
• 2 metres from the touchline
• on one side of the pitch
• full length of the pitch
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Funding for Designated Spectator
Areas
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The Football Foundation have
made available £1m to
support the purchase of
Barriers
Youth Leagues can apply for
50% of costs
50% of the cost = £32.50 +
VAT for each barrier
Leagues to supply equipment
to clubs
Adult Leagues can purchase
the barriers for £65 + VAT
Retail price for barriers £165 +
VAT
How will RESPECT work in
practice?
Measure Three:
Captains taking
more responsibility
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How will RESPECT work in
practice?
Captain taking responsibility
• Elevates responsibility of captain (not immune to Law
12)
• Captains playing their part by:
• managing their team’s behaviour
• only captain can seek clarification on decisions
made by the referee
• preventing cycle of abusive behavior
• wearing Respect captain’s armband (in club pack)
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How will RESPECT work in
practice?
• Measure Four:
Referees managing
the game
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How will RESPECT work in
practice?
What is the referees role in this programme?
• Attend a CFA or League Respect information session
• Sign up to the Referee Code of Conduct
• Understand other Codes of Conduct
• Manage the game effectively, utilising the team Captains’ as required
• Monitor behaviour of matches via the Members’ Area of their
local County Website
• Through surveys & focus groups for all other aspects of
football
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Referees managing the game
The Referee to use a stepped approach, where appropriate, to managing players:
4. Yellow Card
1. Free Kick
2. Free Kick and
A Quiet Word
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3. Free kick with public
admonishment (this is the
time referees should consider
using the captain to more visibly
get the message across)
What does it mean for
clubs?
Respect Leagues will provide each Club with a Respect Information
Pack.
The Packs contain the following:
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Club Guide
Captain’s Guide
Captain’s armband
Codes of Conduct sign-up sheets
• Young / Adult Players
• Spectators and Parents/Carers
• Coaches, Team Managers and Club Officials
• Code of Conduct laminated posters
• A pack will be provided for every team within the club.
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Respect Sign Up –Some Early
Indications……
County FA
Number of Teams
Number of Leagues
Norfolk
706 Teams
4 - Leagues
Kent
1013 Teams
12 - leagues
Somerset
461 teams
9 Leagues
London
501Teams
*8 Leagues
Hunts
134 teams
2 leagues
Herts
454 teams
9 Leagues
Gloucester
10 Leagues
Essex
6 leagues
North Riding
7 Leagues
Army
2 Leagues
Surrey
2083 teams
13 Leagues
Leicester
335
3 Leagues
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Education is essential to
behavioural change
The Respect education programme consists of:
• Respect module
• Coaching Children online
• Laws of the Game
• Psychology for Level 1
online
• Basic Refereeing Course
• Age-appropriate coaching
courses
• Safeguarding Children
workshop
• Welfare Officers workshop
• Coaching Disabled
Footballers
• Equality workshop
• Race Equality workshop
• Disability Equality workshop
• Emergency First Aid
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The Respect Programme – More
than a slogan
Enforcing Laws of the
Game
Codes and Sanctions
Adoption by Leagues and Clubs
Education and
Training
Marketing and Promotion
Spectator Barriers
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….To promote a long term change in behaviour
Take-home Messages
• This is the top priority for Football at all Levels
• 49,000 teams play Football each week – the vast majority takes place
with no incidents – Lets not forget the good things in the game
• Respect is not just a slogan or a campaign – A long term programme
of change – in education, training, rules, sanctions, awareness, in
equipment - to bring about behaviour change – like Drink Driving,
Littering, Smoking.
• Sanctions linked to the Respect codes will be in place for season
2009/10
• 1700 Leagues, 49,000 teams, Professional, Non League, Grassroots,
Youth, Women, Disability, Players, Managers, Referees, Coaches and
Spectators – to achieve this we all have to play our part in promoting
Respect
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