EPL plans to make a documentary to show football fans the pressure of referees
EPL plans to make a documentary to show football fans the pressure of referees
TV giants line-up for fly-on-the-wall documentary on Premier League referees - with producers keen to humanise match officials and shed light on controversial VAR and refereeing decisions
Premier League broadcasters Sky Sports, TNT Sport and Amazon Prime have held talks over screening a new documentary about the life of top-flight referees.
An independent production company are understood to have pitched the programme to all three of the Premier League's domestic rights holders, but it has yet to be signed off by the Professional Game Match Officials Limited [PGMOL], who manage referees.
PGMOL have become more open since the appointment of Howard Webb as its first chief refereeing officer last year however, and may be receptive to the idea.
The proposal follows the success of Match Officials Mic'd Up, another new programme in which Webb and Michael Owen use audio from in-game conversations between officials to explain controversial VAR and refereeing decisions.
The premise of the documentary pitch is understood to be an attempt to humanise referees, as well as giving fans a greater understanding of how they carry out their duties and the pressure they are under.
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