http://law5-theref.blogspot.no/2017/11/ ... 2499133542
RayHD sums it up pretty well. Edvartsen has sued the federation, demanding to be reinstated both in his civil occupation as an executive at the NFF office, and as a referee. He has also sued the director of public relations at NFF (his colleague) for making "defamatory" statements.
First, Edvartsen had a conflict with Hauge, which was resolved, but shortly after that several referees went out in the media, one assistant even crying on TV, claiming Edvartsen had been harassing them both in person and on WhatsApp. Most of the referees went out and said they would not referee anymore if Edvartsen was reinstated. He was then suspended again, with an agreement that he would be back in 2018. He was also paid to make up for expenses lost for not refereeing.
Then, about 40 E-mails emerged, all sent under a fake name to NFF and Norwegian media, that praised Edvartsen, while criticising and making accusations about Terje Hauge and other referees (also from before this case emerged!)
Edvartsen was then dismissed from his civil job at NFF, and immediately sued to get his job back. It does not help that Edvartsen has a lawyer who is regarded as Norway's best, and also is his best friend. The tone has been extremely confrontational.
Edvartsen has the support of several disgruntled referees, who actively support him. However, nobody has come out and claimed to have sent the e-mails in question, while a lot points towards Edvartsen at least having sent some of them (IP address has been pinged to the area around his house in the small city he lives in).
The case will come before the Oslo City Court at the beginning of 2018, and it will be a high-profile case with massive media coverage.
Questo è sicuramente il casino più grande/caso più strano di cui abbia mai sentito parlare nel mondo di arbitraggio a livello internazionale.
Per chi non capisce l'inglese, Svein Eric Edvartsen, internazionale (2a categoria FIFA) fino a quest'anno, è stato dismesso dalla federazione norvegese e ha fatto causa contro la federazione e un suo funzionario. Prima ha avuto una lite col designatore Hauge, ma una volta risolta la lite, tutti gli arbitri della massima serie hanno dichiarato che se Edvartsen tornasse non arbitrerebbero più, accusando Edvartsen di avergli molestato su WhatsApp. Un assistente ha addirittura pianto in TV!
Poi, Edvartsen viene sospeso, e emergono 40 e-mail inviate alla federazione e la stampa norvegese, con accuse pesanti contro la federazione e gli altri arbitri, ma anche lode a Edvartsen. Le mail sono state inviate con nomi falsi, ma rintracciate alla casa di Edvartsen, che viene definitivamente licenziato e dismesso, e fa subito causa contro la federazione.
Incredibile...