Goodbye to the Two Last Names of the Referees, a Custom that Comes From franco...

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The new CTA appoints the collegiate members with their first name and first surname. The international trend is followed and the collective is expected to be humanized.

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The Spanish referees seek to humanize themselves, to be an integral part of the show of football, some more protagonists, elite athletes. That pretense that sounds like utopia given the degree of crisis that usually surrounds them, will be translated into a content. The collegiate will cease to present themselves with their two surnames, without a name that accompanies him in a tradition that comes from Francoism. From now on, they will be calle…

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The Technical Committee of Arbitrators (CTA) of the Real Federación Española de Fútbol (RFEF) expressed this Thursday its intention to "humanize and protect the arbitral figure" and that of "return to the origin of the VAR", for which it announced a series of new developments at the beginning of the 2025-2026 season.Among them, the appointment of the collegiate ones stands out, which will now take place 24 hours before each party: "We want to hu…

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The new Technical Committee of Arbitrators chaired by Fran Soto is determined to banish one of the most particular and ancient traditions of Spanish football. Starting this season, the referees will be known by their first name and surname, rather than by their two surnames. That is, by way of example, Gil Manzano becomes officially Jesús Gil, Sánchez Martínez is now José María Sánchez.