Why do referees end their careers and which factors determine the duration of a referee’s career?
Against the background that the number of referees has been falling in recent years, the German Football Association (DFB) needs to answer two key questions: (i) Why do referees end their careers, and, (ii) which factors determine the duration of referee careers? We studied these questions using dat...
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| description | Against the background that the number of referees has been falling in recent years, the German Football Association (DFB) needs to answer two key questions: (i) Why do referees end their careers, and, (ii) which factors determine the duration of referee careers? We studied these questions using data from a questionnaire study of former referees. Results of estimating linear regression models and a Cox model show that the duration of a typical referee career depends, among other factors, on how a referee thinks that the career developing according to his or her plan, and on whether the referee is successful in coping with insults, threats, and violence. The “survival rate” of a referee increases in the subjective evaluation of the importance of football-specific know-how. Approximately 39 % of the former referees stated that the end of their referee career could have been prevented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3d43bafb64d943f68b8a398c96c3e0ad2022-12-21T23:09:05ZengBern Open PublishingCurrent Issues in Sport Science2414-66412017-11-01210.15203/CISS_2017.006Why do referees end their careers and which factors determine the duration of a referee’s career?Christian Rullang0Eike Emrich1 Christian Pierdzioch2Department of Sportscience, Saarland UniversityDepartment of Sportscience, Saarland UniversityDepartment of Economics, Helmut-Schmidt-UniversityAgainst the background that the number of referees has been falling in recent years, the German Football Association (DFB) needs to answer two key questions: (i) Why do referees end their careers, and, (ii) which factors determine the duration of referee careers? We studied these questions using data from a questionnaire study of former referees. Results of estimating linear regression models and a Cox model show that the duration of a typical referee career depends, among other factors, on how a referee thinks that the career developing according to his or her plan, and on whether the referee is successful in coping with insults, threats, and violence. The “survival rate” of a referee increases in the subjective evaluation of the importance of football-specific know-how. Approximately 39 % of the former referees stated that the end of their referee career could have been prevented.https://ciss-journal.org/article/view/7553football refereecareer durationend of careersurvey data |
| spellingShingle | Christian Rullang Eike Emrich Christian Pierdzioch Why do referees end their careers and which factors determine the duration of a referee’s career? Current Issues in Sport Science football referee career duration end of career survey data |
| title | Why do referees end their careers and which factors determine the duration of a referee’s career? |
| title_full | Why do referees end their careers and which factors determine the duration of a referee’s career? |
| title_fullStr | Why do referees end their careers and which factors determine the duration of a referee’s career? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Why do referees end their careers and which factors determine the duration of a referee’s career? |
| title_short | Why do referees end their careers and which factors determine the duration of a referee’s career? |
| title_sort | why do referees end their careers and which factors determine the duration of a referee s career |
| topic | football referee career duration end of career survey data |
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