The decision to ban Russian football referees from working in matches with “visible elements of tattoos” is incomprehensible. This is the view in an interview with RuNews24 shared Former forward of Lokomotiv and the Russian national team Dmitry Bulykin.
He noted that not only referees but also many players have tattoos.
“I don’t care what kind of tattoos they have, who has them where; The important thing is to evaluate them well. <…> Of course, I would like to have no visible tattoos, but on the other hand, many football players even have tattoos on their faces and necks. This is incomprehensible to me, but everyone has the right to make their own choice and can have whatever tattoo they want on their body,” Bulykin emphasized.
On the eve of “Sports Express” reportedIt was stated that football referees were informed that they were prohibited from working in matches with “visible tattoo elements”. nor can the audience see them.
In addition, referees were reminded that it is forbidden to work as a referee, assistant, substitute, VAR and ABAR while wearing jewellery, piercing or jewellery. All of the above should be removed when working in matches.
It was known before can intervene “Krasnodar” will maintain second place in the RPL.