Source: Daily_Mail
Tottenham's Harry Redknapp backs Premier League campaign
Harry Redknapp has backed Sportsmail's Stamp It Out campaign to curb bad behaviour on and off the field, admitting that the sight of players harassing officials is ugly.[LNB]The Tottenham manager's support comes after the Premier League vowed to crackdown on misbehaving players - starting from next season.[LNB]Sportsmail will highlight players hounding referees and showing a lack of respect that has tainted the game this season.[LNB] Cut it out: Harry Redknapp has ordered his Tottenham players to step in line with a new crackdown campaign[LNB] HAVE YOUR SAY... Stamp it out! Join Sportsmail's campaign to wipe out ref rage Sportsmail has launched a campaign to crack down on abuse aimed at referees that has tainted the English game for too long. You can help us out by naming and shaming those players who continue to rage at refs. Give us your views on the campaign... TELL US WHAT YOU THINK And Redknapp agrees the timing of thenew initiative is appropriate despite criticism from Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson.[LNB]'Players want to question decisions but they should be kept away. You get nothing out of chasing referees,' said Redknapp.[LNB]'It's very rare that they change the decisions so chasing and harassing referees is not a lot of use to anybody and it shouldn't happen.[LNB]'It's not an easy job, so you have to give them all the respect in the world, they do an honest job and sometimes they make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes.'[LNB]Ferguson, who is currently serving a five-match touchline ban, delivered a withering attack on Premier League chief Richard Scudamore after they vowed to clamp down on stars misbehaving.[LNB]Redknapp, however, sympathised with Ferguson over his recent ban and has called for a 'cooling-off period' directly after the match in order to give managers time to collect their thoughts, rather than be immediately exposed to television interviews.[LNB]'You get a microphone shoved in frontof you after 10 minutes of the game finishing and sometimes feelings are running high,' Redknapp added.[LNB]'Yousay things on the spur of the moment, and it's not easy. There should be a cooling-off period and maybe a chance to speak to the referee afterthe game about the decisions he has made before you go on the TV.[LNB]'It's not easy to be really constructive straight after the game.'[LNB]Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, meanwhile, feels footballwould do well to follow the example set in rugby, where only the captain is allowed to approach the referee.[LNB] Up in arms: Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has hit out at the new Premier league initiative[LNB]However, the Frenchman also maintained officials had their part to play as well in not getting 'too close to the players'.[LNB]Wenger said: 'The managers are alwaysunder pressure and sometimes we get a little bit too far, but many times it's just after the game in moments when it is very difficult for any manager to keep the right distance with what happened on the pitch.[LNB]STAMP IT OUT ON TWITTERFollow the campaign on Twitter and tell us if you spot any incidents @DMstampitout [LNB]'We can be inspired by what happens in rugby for example, but sometimes the referees get too close to the players as well and they have to keep the right distance with the players.'[LNB]Blackpool manager Ian Holloway believes the arguing and animosity would stop if technology was introduced, and wants to see it happen now.[LNB]He said: 'We see referees on a Saturday night and they are wrong. We see camera angles that the fourth official could easily see, could quickly see.[LNB]'Until they actually get that right, I think the game is in a mess. The technology is there but we are not using it. Why not? Let us trial it, let's start it now. Let's get it right.[LNB]'It is not goal-line technology. It is just a delayed thing for the fourth official. We just want the referees to get it as right as possible.[LNB]'It is complete nonsensical rubbish we can't change it right now. Let's see a smile on everyone's faces, particularlythe referees. I would hate to do their job.'[LNB] Big debate: Blackpool boss Holloway wants technology introduced to help officials[LNB]Sunderland boss Steve Bruce backed the drive to improve the relationship between match officials and clubs, but insisted common sense should be allowed to prevail.[LNB]He said: 'When we look at it, there has to be a little more respect between everybody. I said a few years ago that it seems to be 'us and them', and it shouldn't be that way. At the moment, we are at loggerheads, it seems.[LNB]'The rules now, I don't think I would get a game now, it's changed that much. A lot of the common sense has been taken away because there are too many people judging the referee. Common-sense refereeing - they are not allowed to do that.[LNB]'They are governed by the points tally and if they miss something or don't give a yellow card when they should, they are marked against and then they are not refereeing the following week - that's very, very difficult for them.[LNB]'To be fair to them, they have got an unbelievably hard job when they are trying to please everyone concerning that common sense element.'[LNB]Alan Leighton, the national secretary of Prospect, the union which represents professional referees, was encouraged by the news and is waiting to see the detail of the proposals.[LNB]He said: 'We would welcome anything that can be done to avoid some of the problems that we have got into this year.[LNB]'Anything that is going to ease the relationship between managers, players and referees we welcome and we would be pleased to play our part in helping with that.'[LNB] Is this Respect, Fergie? Manchester United boss blasts Premier League chief over plans to crackdown on out of control stars We must stamp it out! Players' chief backs our crackdown on bad behaviourStamp it out! Premier League promise to battle shameful abuse of refereesGraham Poll: Show some Respect... this abuse of referees must end nowMatt Lawton: No excuses - let's remove this stain on our proud gameDavid Bernstein: Dissent declined with Respect campaign but it's not enough [LNB] Explore more:People: Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger, Harry Redknapp, Ian Holloway, Steve Bruce
