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[quote=Mannschaft]Another year, another OBGC.

11v11
- I was generally happy with the refs for my kid who played 11v11 in the top flight. 
- Teams in that bracket were excellent, which is great to play against. 
- It was, of course, blazing hot. Felt like maybe the hottest OBGC I’ve been to.

uLittle
- It was kind of nice being back at Covenant. I’ll take that over Western Regional any day. 
- We had one good ref (who flew up from FL), in a game we lost. Another one was among the worst I have seen. 
- One of the refs had to be in his 80s. He did nothing wrong from an attitude perspective, but was completely unable to control the game. I watched a uLittle boys top flight game (not my kid’s team) that involved numerous fouls that would have been straight red cards in an older game, but the ref didn’t even blow his whistle. One was a retaliatory full on football tackle completely off the ball. The ref had zero control of the game. 
- The other ref seemed nice enough, but just let the kids play (almost like a pickup game). Ball goes out of bounds, but kid ignores the whistle?  He’d shrug and smile like “What can you do?”  Kids ignoring the buildout line?  Same thing. Kid takes a throw in like he’s throwing a football? Let it go.  Half the kids ignored his direction on which team was awarded a throw in, and it just became who grabbed the ball first.

- I also saw way more parents jawing at the refs in uLittle vs 11v11.  Part of that could be newer parents, part could be lower level of competition (parents of ECNL players should know better), part may have been ref quality, part may have been the lack of linesmen. Coaches should better control this (but let’s be honest, they’re often part of the problem). If we really want to help address the referee shortage, I think tournament officials need to just walk the grounds looking for this, then speak to offending parents. I’d never put up with it if I was a ref. 
- I spoke to a few refs who complained how hard it is to ref 9v9 alone, and I agree with them. 
- It would be nice to see Covenant add more shade structures beyond the single pavilion that is always packed, and also enlarge the practice area.

Generally though, a good tournament with good fields, good teams, and the little kid loved the snack shack. 
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