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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am a ref myself and I've seen a lot of really bad stuff from officials. The parents in this area are some of the worst about abusing refs so most of the good ones have quit and most of what we're left with is the rest.

- ref in Stafford who never left the center circle and never called a foul against the home team--turned out his daughter was playing for Stafford on the next field over
- ref who claimed to be an instructor but argued with me at half time about why the defender in the wall heading the ball didn't count as playing it for offside
- sexist a-hole ref who warned my daughter's coach he was going to send her off when she shouted in frustration and slammed her clipboard on the bench though her male counterpart had said and done much worse all game
- ref who overruled me twice on obvious calls in state cup match to give home team a one goal victory on a clearly offside goal
- the moron ref who cautioned me for telling him he can give the players who ran forward from the wall a caution if he wants
- the ref who got frustrated at the long celebration and let the other team kick off while the whole team was still in the other half celebrating
- the assignor who put that guy last week on a d1 college game who was so slow he was 25 yards behind the girls by the time the got to the penalty area
- the sexist a-hole HS assignor who puts all the good refs on the boys games only

That said I've seen a lot more bad behavior and ridiculous failures from parents and coaches than from other referees.

Hard to call out the highlights because most of those are when you don't notice the referee at all. There are some great referees around here like Fateh and Costigan who are a joy to work with every time.

Parents, the things we see from you the most which are annoying:
- yelling offsides (sic) every time a player coming from an onside position receives the ball
- yelling hands every time the ball hits a hand
- yelling foul every time players trip themselves
- yelling foul every time legal contact is made
Maybe some of you on here are exceptions, but the vast majority of parents in this area have never read the laws of the game and every time they open their mouths to the referee they may as well just be shouting, "I'm an ignorant buffoon!"
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You are a sexist.[/quote]

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