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INTRODUCTION The career of all referees starts with an enrollment to a referee course, and expectedly the referees able to finish it. According to the Referees Committee and the directors of the course, the students complained that (after a successful exam at the end of the course) they are still not aware of the practical sense of this profession. On one hand it is normal that just after the first couple conducted games realize the referee how should he act as a referee and handle most of the situations, but on the other hand it is a shame that the course is not preparing them for the actual profession. I think the main reason is lies in the facts that the candidates are not conscious of the main tasks and role of the referees that they should be prepared for. Candidates are also not aware of the multiple social purposes of their profession, and not to mention the distinctiveness of their social status. The directors of the courses fail to convey those norms what are essential for this profession. Beside of the above mentioned, the way how to achieve the norms are not entirely clear to the candidates. The profession of being a referee requires certain types of personality and person. During the educational training they not only need to acquire the curricula –rules of the game-, but also the ability of public speeches and performances. Referees have to appear for TV weekly or be on the air in front of the football supporters. Probably this is one of the things that the candidates miss the most from the course. The course should prepare them for the actual situations and help to adapt the norms connected to this profession. So, possessing to the above mentioned knowledge could raise the social rank of the referees. AIMS It is a well known fact among the sport game-professionals that the quality of conducting games plays very important rule in the development of a certain sport. This also applies to the football. Modern football claims for modern conduct of the game. I think my statement can be proved easily, if we think thorough, that footballers and coaches have no chance to modernize the game if the standard of the referees not follow the modernization process. Modern conduction is only can be achieved if the referees are well prepared. 3 The hypothesis of my descriptive …