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Strange that as a profession it seems uniquely untouched by immigration?


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The thing is, it's not really a profession. It's a part-time hobby with very few people who referee making the top grade.

It also takes a long time to work your way up from refereeing kids' games to working through the ranks to the top. In most cases, recent migrants will be too busy working in full time jobs to spend what little leisure time they have reffing kids and amateurs for peanuts.

Add to that linguistic barriers and, the cronyism that undoubtedly exists in the referee associations, and it's a long slow journey to the top unless your name's Dallas.