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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I noticed that when due to Covid kids club put teams on opposing sides of the field, with parents behind the team (like HS), it helped with both ref abuse, and just overall parents getting angry towards each other. Parents seemed less willing to make asses of themselves when their kids coach, and maybe their kid, were right in earshot.

Of course this might depend on the coach, but my kids coach will sit the kid if the parent goes overboard. He used to say, if I pull your kid out and he is sitting right next to me - then I'm really doing it because of you.[/quote]

Where are you that peope are going so overboard?  I have not heard this from any parents on our team.  People will say things like, 
"that was a handball!" or "he was offsides!"  I can't imagine any coach benching a kid over a parent's comments like that.[/quote]

We have rules to kick out parents. and if a parent goes, so does the coach.[/quote]

Bad rules.  Some refs are so full of themselves that they want to be the star of the show.  I have seen refs kick out parents and coaches for really minor things.  Of course, sometimes ejections are warranted, but I have only seen a handful of times when parents or coaches misbehaved in a way that ejecting them was appropriate.  The best refs you don't even notice when they officiate.    [/quote]

I have only seen a couple of matches where the ref ejected a parent or coach. I have been to many more where parent ejections should have been made due to harassing and yelling profanities at the ref. What refs are silently controlling the sidelines?[/quote]

It happens more at higher level games, when some refs cannot keep up with the speed of play.  I have not seen many parents yell profanities at the refs. or harass them.  There was one parent from Maryland in Ronaldo jersey, who was deservedly ejected and one parent from South Carolina, who disrupted an ECNL game for several minutes.  Sure, there are plenty of parents questioning calls, but aside from these two instances, I have not heard profanity or harassing language from a parent.  If you want to fix the shortage of refs pay them better.    [/quote]

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