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[quote=Anonymous]Tough one.

The only crooked ref I've ever seen (someone who actually biased to one side as opposed to simply making human mistakes) fussed at our team's parents every time we made a noise, and he lectured us because a couple of parents' chairs were outside the designated spectator area. (This was on the only field I've ever seen that actually has a white line marking the edge.)

That said -- can refs politely ask parents to move to where they're supposed to be? I think so. I saw a U9 travel game in which a parent was standing behind a goal yelling at the goalkeeper -- either it was his own son, or this guy was truly deranged. Should the ref tell the coach to yell across the field at the parent, or should the ref just ask as nicely as possible?

I've seen a few refs who are marvelous with parents. They joke when something funny happens (say, a gust of wind blowing five soccer balls across the field while we're trying to play). I don't have an issue with that.

But getting into arguments is a bad idea. At the very least, don't be the instigator, and don't respond to the slightest complaint from parents. Parents are human -- they might moan when a call is obviously wrong (or they *think* it is), but they'll get over it. Just roll with it until it becomes a problem.[/quote]

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