Saudi Arabia referees association approves its regulatory and financial regulations

The Saudi Referees Association's board, led by Marai Al-Owaji, approved several organizational decisions during its fifth meeting held yesterday in Al Riyadh, with the presence of council members.

The council unanimously approved the basic and financial regulations, and also discussed the mechanisms for operating the technical system within sports federations. It recommended testing it first with one federation before generalizing it.

The meeting included the approval of the administrative headquarters of the association, as well as discussions on expanding cooperation with sports federations and enhancing partnerships to develop the refereeing system and improve referees' performance.

Dr. Ayman Al-Rifai, a member of the association, recommended the need to clearly define the association's tasks and responsibilities, while focusing on educational and developmental programs, and benefiting from the successful experiences of federations in training referees and raising their standards.

For his part, Dr. Aziz Al Sharif, a member of the association and presenter of the partnership file, proposed the preparation of a unified electronic model to receive cooperation requests, in addition to preparing an introductory file for the association and drafting memorandums of understanding with sports federations.

Al Sharif also proposed a study to form a specialized committee for partnerships and institutional relations, which would be responsible for examining these proposals and preparing them for presentation to the board during the next meeting.