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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Arlington soccer just sent out an email to families about the lack of soccer refs.  It said “Here at the local level, abuse of referees by parents, coaches, and players is the most commonly cited problem.”  I’m a certified ref and I receive the emails from assignors almost begging for refs to cover games. My first thought, “do I want to be yelled at today?”  Most days I answer no, and some games I could have covered go without a ref.[/quote]

I’m on the board of another sport, and my kids are involved in multiple different sports including a travel team. Finding referees and umpires has becoming increasingly difficult in the last few years starting pre-Covid. Ditto volunteers (money cannot always replace having an actual person). Even the programs to get kids started in refereeing is thinning out despite increases in pay. The umpires in our district and state tournaments were old, mostly (60s). There are so few younger refs coming up. One outfit want $120 per ref per game. That’s crazy money for a non-profit league. There seems to be an attitude in younger gen that if you’re not getting paid (enough), it isn’t worth doing.
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