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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To all those in a tizzy about “wrong side” spectating…Sorry, but not sorry.

I will stand wherever I want…been doing so for many years and I don’t give a rat’s bum what any of y’all think.

If the sideline police want to report me, I’m easy to spot.  I stand by the goal line away from everyone and I am very quiet.  My kids are defenders and I enjoy watching them play.  If that makes me a helicopter parent, then sign me up.[/quote]

As a referee, I would ask you to move. Spectators shouldn't be behind the goal line or on the side from the goal line to the top of the 18 yard box. So at the very least, can you abide by those rules so the referee might not have to stop the game to manage your stupidity?[/quote]

Genuinely curious about this one. Of course I know that spectators shouldn't stand BEHIND the goal line (note that the PP did not say he stands behind the goal line) but I've never heard a referee ask that spectators not stand on the sideline between the goal line and the 18 yard box. So long as people stand back away a sufficient distance from the sideline, and not stand behind either goal, no referee has ever said anything about the 18 yard box.

Is that a thing? Why? My kid plays defense and I generally stand (quietly) on the sideline in that area so that I have a better view of him, sometimes taking videos to show my wife who often can't make the game. Why is this bad form to stand along the sideline, back away from the sideline of course, inside the 18 yard box? [/quote]

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