RESPECT FOR EVERYONE
Protect Our Game is Football Queensland’s overarching respect initiative aimed at eliminating poor behaviour on and off the field and ensuring all players, coaches, referees, volunteers and spectators promote a positive environment and supportive behaviours within our game.
Three key elements underpin the campaign: Accountability, Awareness and Education.
Accountability
The Three Strike Policy provides a strong framework for dealing with poor behaviour on and off the field, including verbal and physical abuse directed at referees and other members of the football community.
The accumulation of Strikes will occur for clubs that continually fail to manage referee abuse or deal with unacceptable behaviours of members.
Members of the football community can help eliminate poor behaviour by reporting instances of abuse, violence and other incidents through FQ’s QR code reporting mechanism or online via the Protect Our Game Reporting Form.
Awareness
All Queensland clubs are required to display Protect Our Game posters outlining the Three Strike Policy and QR code reporting mechanism in high traffic areas to promote positive behaviours.
A range of posters are also available for clubs to display outlining Code of Conduct expectations for players, coaches, club officials and spectators.
Education
Participants can fatamiliarise themselves with the IFAB (International Football Association Board) Laws of the Game to gain a better understanding of the on-field decisions made by referees.
"𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑎𝑟 𝑏𝑜𝑦𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑢𝑠, 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒`𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑤𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑚"
Hear from Matt Poole, FQ`s Senior Manager - Technical (SEQ) and some of the players involved in the brand new full-time U16 Queensland State Team (QST) program on their excitement at the opportunity to test themselves in the #NPLQLD U23`s, creating an important step on the path to professional football.
Learn more about how the QST is delivering a pathway to future national team selection on the FQ website
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Feb 21
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As part of the partnership, football participants within the FQ community can access an exclusive discount on Performance Physio services throughout 2025.
📰 Head to the Football Queensland website to learn more
Feb 21
New heroes are set to emerge in what`s set to be another massive season ⚽🔥
Get to know the players ready to make waves in the 2025 #NPLQLD Men’s season as we gear up for kick-off this weekend!
Who else should fans be keeping an eye out for?! Tag them in the comments!
📺 Watch the opening round of fixtures this weekend on #FQTV
Feb 20
