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[quote=SoccerRef][quote=Anonymous]

One question: What do you do when you have a ref who appears to have had a blackout? I know this sounds like a sarcastic question, but we had a situation last fall in which 30-minute halves because 38-minute halves, and one kid was down holding his head (later diagnosed with a concussion) while play continued for 1-2 minutes. The rule of thumb I've used as a coach and parent is that I'll yell to draw the ref's attention to an unsafe situation like a player being down with a head injury or a goal becoming dislodged, etc. In this case, all of us parents were yelling, and the ref simply didn't acknowledge anything until the ball wound up back in that part of the field and he finally noticed the player was down. (Then he asked everyone who committed the foul and wound up giving a yellow card to what I presume was a random player.)[/quote]

Honestly, if I was the coach in that situation I would have run out on the field to check on the player.

[quote=Anonymous]
And another question: How are refs in this area preparing for the adoption of "buildout lines" in the fall?[/quote]

Not at all, at the moment. There's been no official word so far, and as far as I know the leagues will be deciding on an individual basis if they'll be starting the build out lines in the fall or not. I imagine we'll get the details in the summer at some point. [/quote]

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