Overview
- The Vizcaya federation’s Competition Committee imposed harsh penalties on Basauri BEA on Wednesday after a Tercera Regional match report detailed insults and death threats toward a 16-year-old referee.
- The Vizcayan Territorial Referees Committee said it will stop assigning officials to the teams named in recent incidents until clubs give firm guarantees of institutional respect.
- Basauri BEA released a statement that apologized to the young official but questioned the referee’s acta, which is the formal match report that triggers disciplinary action.
- In a separate Vitoria match, a 16-year-old referee used level two of Álava’s protocol, paused play, sent teams to the dressing rooms, and expelled the offenders before the game resumed.
- The Álava federation’s board meets Thursday to assess further steps and may suspend fixtures, which could widen the tougher approach already in place in Bizkaia and strengthen protection for teen referees.