Vroutsis to the referees: “High-definition cameras in the corridors of the dressing rooms too”

Meeting with delegation of Greek referees the Deputy Minister of Sports had a football match in his office, Yannis Vroutsis.

The international arbitrators put on the table issues that concern them, emphasizing in particular the safety issues at the stadiums and the application of the Professional Arbitration Act.

The “present” at the meeting was given by the international referees Andreas GamarisTasos PapapetrouVassilis Fire and Vangelis Manouhosthe international Tryfonas assistants Petropoulos and Andreas Photopoulosand Stavros on behalf of KED LatchAntonis Karatzikas and Helen Lampadariou.

For his part, Yiannis Vroutsis informed about the upcoming legislative initiative of the Governmentto install high definition cameras in the locker room corridorsbut also his control of the proper functioning of the electronic supervision system by police agencies.

Regarding professional arbitration, gsend their proposals until March 31, 2024which was also requested by the Super League at their meeting four months ago.

“The establishment of professional arbitration is a law of the State and we must proceed with its implementation. The first say in how professional refereeing will work must be those directly involved, namely the referees and the Football Associations. Especially the referees who also have international experience, can help the most in this direction” underlined Mr. Vroutsis and pointed out:

“Regarding the security issues that justifiably concern them, I assured them that our new legislative framework will be rational, clear and ultimately inescapably applicable.

As a representative of the Greek state, I am ashamed of the ongoing phenomena against them. Everyone must be convinced that the Greek referees are people and workers, so even in the case of a mistake, no one is justified in threatening them and their families”.