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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ref - thanks for answering these questions. Mine goes back to an article that was in the Washington Post (?) about a year ago and the difficulty attracting referees due to parents harassing them during games. My daughter plays travel U15 (has played travel since U9) and in all honesty, I cannot ever recall a parent crossing the line or berating an official. Maybe I've been lucky or just around good groups (including our opponents). I have witnessed refs on two instances push an issue with a parent that wasn't there - more the instigator than anything.

My questions are; 1) at what point is the ref held accountable for making bad calls or letting games get physically out of hand and 2) are they ever evaluated or is it purely based on a coach or parent reporting them? If any of us in our day jobs perform as poorly as I have seen some ref a game, we wouldn't be around. A portion of our dues for soccer (be it House or Travel or Tournaments) go to paying the refs. I feel they should be evaluated or at least open to respectful criticism from parents. (Note - I do not include middle school and high school kids who are serving as referees. I simply mean adults who referee.)

Thanks you. [/quote]

Quick clarification - when I say "push an issue with a parent that wasn't there" - I mean that the parent did nothing wrong or asked a question respectfully and the ref lost their cool and thus caused  aconfrontation. [/quote]

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