Reply to Would you support a zero tolerance on referee harassment?

Forum Index » Soccer

Reply to "Would you support a zero tolerance on referee harassment?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having been a ref for a really long time, I find it fascinating that a spectator thinks they know what a clear foul entails. Recently, I was at a very high level match. The commentary from the sideline to the center about how the laws of the game should be applied was shocking. I was embarrassed about how poorly folks actually understand what is what ...  just cheer for the players and leave the ref alone, odds are you don’t actually know what is going on.[/quote]

In general, yes, though there are times where calls are missed because there aren’t two ARs present, or an AR wasn’t in proper position, etc that makes people vocal at times.  Borderline or missed calls do happen.  [/quote]

Plus there are many really bad refs out there. Ones that stand in the middle of the circle and don’t move. Ones that hardly ever call fouls. [/quote]

And what exactly will yelling do to ameliorate that situation, other than making the asshole (individual?) feel better because, well, they just had to say something? I mean really, if you’re not the coach, who do you think you are yelling at the ref? As a parent, you’re inconsequential in the scope of the game. You want to support the team, your kid, yell positive reinforcement, go ahead. If you want to heckle a ref, you’re out of line.[/quote]

Solution, take reffing seriously. Own your mistakes and learn from them and be better next time. In time as a ref you will know the difference between agenda based yelling that will always happen versus being yelled at because you might have actually got the call wrong.

As the ref your call might be the final word but having the final word does not equate to always being right. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics