Often criticized, but essential in any party, the referees they are responsible for dispensing justice on the pitch. It is not easy and technological innovations such as VAR in elite football, or Instant Replay, in basketball, help to mitigate errors. Now, have you ever wondered? how much does a referee get paid? What does a college member get at the end of more First Division Spanish?
Fixed and variable income
Referees charge one monthly fix of 12,500 euros, referee a match or not; in addition, for each match directed on the field of play they enter 4,200 euros morewhile, to be the VAR referee at the Federation headquarters in Las Rozas, this amount is reduced to 2,100 euros per match.
Therefore, if we calculate that a collegiate directs an average of 20 games per season in a stadium and attends in 20 more in the VAR room, and we add it to the monthly fixed amount, the annual amount you pay each member is close to 300,000 euros. .
It should also be noted that international referees they add 7,000 euros that UEFA pay per match addressed to the Champions League. This is a very important amount and means that, in addition to the prestige of refereeing in the international category, many referees sigh to reach it.
