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In an extract from their new book, international referee Jonas Eriksson describes how top officials were made to strip down to be weighed and have their body fat checked
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- Title
- Diary of a referee: 'Collina observed our half-naked bodies with an ice-cold gaze'
- Published
- Oct 7 2025
- Word count
- 1468 words
I disagree, they shouldn't have been done at all. Those sorts of tests and processes don't feel a ton better done solo. They're still incredibly body shaming and if they're about the "look" not the actual ability to do the job, they're just bullshit. It's still fat shaming if you do the shaming in private.