Recently, the Mexican Football Federation announced the latest sanctions for the 2024-25 season. The regulations clearly state multiple sanctions for disrespecting referees.
The specific sanctions are as follows:
1) Players, technical staff members and/or officials who disrespect the game through the following methods:
Communication and/or social media, criticism or negative comments towards referees and/or VAR, will be fined between $6,000 and $12,000 and/or suspended for 1 game.
2) Players, technical staff members and/or officials who disrespect the game through the following methods:
Communication and/or social media, criticism or negative comments regarding the procedures of disciplinary investigations being carried out by the Disciplinary Committee and unresolved events, will be fined between $2,000 and $12,000 and/or suspended for 1 game.
3) Failure to comply with the decisions made by the Disciplinary Committee will result in fines between $1,000 and $8,000 and/or a suspension of 1 to 3 games.
4) If more than 3 individuals (players, technical staff members, officials or employees of the same club) question any member of the match officials (referee or commissioner) with a degree of hostility, they will be warned or fined between $2,000 and $6,000. The Disciplinary Committee will sanction the club based on its jurisdiction.
Teams and players can file appeals for critical incidents in the game, as follows:
1) At the request of the party concerned, to correct any obvious errors that the referee may have committed in the following situations: making disciplinary decisions
For the purpose of these rules, a referee’s decision is clearly erroneous when:
It is proven that the referee was punished with a red card due to an error, wrongly marked a player, or made a clearly serious erroneous decision, including those related to direct and/or indirect red card dismissals.
Similarly, the Disciplinary Committee can correct major calculation errors at any time. Obvious errors made by the referee that may be detrimental to the club’s interests shall be reported to the Disciplinary Committee and for this purpose, they shall file their complaint regarding the obvious error and the corresponding evidence that reliably proves the error that occurred.
During the regular season, clubs can submit their opinions after submitting an arbitration report. Clubs should report by 1:00 pm on the day after the match. If the deadline falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the club will have until 1:00 pm on Monday.
Video recordings can be used as a legal means of evidence to determine whether the referee’s decision was clearly wrong.
Only clubs that report obvious errors to the Disciplinary Committee, according to this regulation, can appeal to the Appeals Committee.
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