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[quote=SoccerRef][quote=Anonymous][quote=SoccerRef][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That’s a very cute sentiment but again how does that make anything better in the moment? If you were giving the ref a rating after the game it’s one thing. But yelling at them during the game? What, are they supposed to be like, “oh crap, random parent, you’re right, let me reverse my call!” No. Because they made a mistake (in your eyes, mind you), they don’t take reffing seriously? Who do you think you are? I’ll say it again: as a parent, you’re inconsequential. You want to talk about owning mistakes? Dude, own your behavior at your kid’s games.[/quote]

Nobody said reverse a call but yelling is always going to happen at every level. That said, quality refs get yelled at less often than bad refs do. [/quote]

It's cute that you think that, as it's not remotely true. [/quote]

Not the PP but I would agree, good refs get yelled at less.

Of course, from your reply it's obvious that you think you're a good ref but since still you get yelled at a lot, you think the statement isn't true.  However, another possible explanation explanation is that despite having reffed for a long time, you're not that good.

Just because someone has been reffing forever does not equate to being a good ref.  In fact, one of the worse referees in Northern Virginia has been doing it for probably two decades and was once the head of referees at a local club but I've lost count of how many horrible, game-changing calls I've seen him make, including several where his ARs told him he was wrong, but he's still  out there, I'm sure thinking he's a good ref.
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Obviously, I'm not going to waste my time arguing whether I'm a good ref or not. 
I'm basing my statement on 20 years of reffing, instructing and assessing other refs. As a former State Referee, (I've since dropped down since I ref far less now that my kids play), I have passed dozens of assessments as well.
Again, I'm not going to claim that means I'm good, but I am extremely experienced and objectively speaking, highly knowledgeable of the Laws, and have reffed everything from USL, to DA, to U8. 
And I can say with absolute certainty that how well a ref performs in a game has little to do with how much harassment they receive.

Certainly, as you go up in levels the harassment diminishes, simply because there are fewer parents at the game, and as has been said previously, it's easier to control players and coaches than it is to control parents.

But in general, especially in the younger age groups, I've watched refs perform basically flawlessly, and get screamed at all game by parents just as much as refs doing poorly. 
And I've reffed terrible games where no one has said a word, and I've reffed strong games where parents have yelled at every call. 
There is little rhyme or reason to it.

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