Administrators need to show more empathy towards clubs.
One of the outgoing questions in Turkish sports and general community during this week has been who to blame for Ankaragucu ex- CEO Faruk Koca attack towards Halul Umut Meler but it needs to be stated that everyone pays its share.
It needs to be mentioned that tension at the football community, especially among top 4 clubs, has been always been at high point with clubs blaming itself and one of the factors has been towards referees who has been blamed for all the factors. Our blog for several times has mentioned in our entries that when things are not going well, clubs tend to throw blame towards referees rather than stating that they done things wrong themselves. To some extend, blaming referees is being an easy route as they are not also able to respond due of they positions as referees. This without doubt has provided higher pressure when refereeing games which did lead for them them making high number of mistakes during games.
Therefore, club administrators need to be more calmer and even show some signs of empathy when talking about referees and this would hence provide them more calmer refereeing of games.
TFF needs to regain superiority at hierarchy.
TFF and Central Referee Community needs to provide more support towards referee and reduce pressure which has been mentioned above but it fails to do so.
Sadly for past years, it does seem like football clubs are being in control of TFF and leading them to make some decisions rather than federation taken upper hand. And when things are not going as it wants to do so. Trabzonspor stating 2 weeks ago that they would cut ties with TFF because it didnt keep promise about ending career of one referee, Besiktas demanding apology from TFF CEO Mehmet Buyukeksi, clubs opening criticising TFF. An issue here is not if clubs are right or not, but easiness how clubs are making this statements. In all respect, Besiktas needs to be afraid of TFF as it is being at the top of football community but in this environemnt Besiktas and other clubs able to say anything they want knowing that apart of some cash and bans it wont get much punished.
TFF needs to take much more harsher stance if it wants to be looking as top organisation at country football environment.
Media rather than sounding like informer, sounds for like football fan
In all the issues which are been discussed above general Turkish sports media also needs to get strong stance rather than sounding like spokesman of clubs.
Media has been referred as fourth estate with being middleway between rulers and public and if needed taking side of citizens. Sadly, this definition is being misunderstood at Turkish football community. Role of media is to report all development in this environemnt, news and information about football games however media sounds like football fans. Rather than reporting about events, it by itself call for resignation of administrators and coaches, criticising opponents and basically agreeing everything what club administrators state without going deep into issue. Turkish sports media is basically needs to take role of providing information from clubs to readers, sports lovers and fans but it is sounding like supporter itself.
Shortly, media needs to take of information brigde between clubs and recievers but instead it sounds like biggest fan of football club.
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