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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I honestly don’t get it.  Are the parents/players/coaches hoping to notify the ref of a rule they may be unaware of?  Hoping the ref becomes more lenient to your team on future calls?  Trying to distract them from reffing the game?  Just generally need a target to take out frustration?

I watch people shouting at refs and I seriously don’t understand what good they can think might possibly come of it.  I feel like I’m missing something here.
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Because some refs are just terrible. They’re being paid. They aren’t WWII Veterans who should be honored.

Do a good job, call a safe and fair game and you won’t get yelled at.

If you’re a ref and you’re always getting screamed at, it’s you. [/quote]

Ah, Karen has officially entered the discussion. 
It’s OK to abuse anyone that’s getting paid. Right. Just like that barista that got your coffee order wrong, or the waiter that didn’t get your order perfect. [/quote]

Apples and oranges there - if i order a turkey club with no mayo and the server brings it out with mayo i'm returning it and letter them know they got my order wrong. I'm paying for a service and I'm not going to waste my hard earned money because someone can't do their job properly.  It sounds like you'd roll over and eat the sandwich to avoid confrontation.

That same expectation doesn't apply to referrees, I'm not paying them directly so i have no say.[/quote]

This assumes both that you know the rules better than the ref (which rarely seems to be the case) and you believe one ref should be able to simultaneously have a 360 degree view of 22 players and the ball at the exact same time.  Along with any lines on the field and the exact relationship of each player to each other.  By nature of the fact that leagues don’t do automatic replay and at some ages don’t even do line refs, it seems that soccer leagues have determined that a certain margin of error is acceptable.

If you don’t like that take it up with the league, not with the ref. [/quote]

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