Referee Abuse Prevention Briefing Coming Soon

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Lee Robert

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Referee Abuse Prevention Briefing Coming Soon

We are working with the soccer community so everyone has an opportunity to understand the importance of this policy amendment.
Why it was amended and how we can work together to provide a Safe Environment for all participants.

Referees make mistakes. We are not interested in penalizing coaches, players or spectators; we are interested in preventing abuse.

I am sure you agree that it is vital to work together to remove any kind of discrimination or racial slurs from the game, whether it is directed at the referee, a player or anyone else.

Together we will make a difference in the Southern CA Soccer Community.

Attendance to the live Briefing will be limited. We will provide access to a recorded briefing before the fall season.

Stay tuned for the invitation.

Lee
PS If you have yet to see the information on Referee Abuse Prevention, here it is: https://calsouth.com/referee-abuse-prevention-policy/


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I feel like this has probably already been fairly well communicated within individual clubs/teams. I know my son's club sent out some clear notices about it already.

Here's the TL;DR summary if anyone needs:
- US Soccer is aware that there are bad refs and calls, and ref abuse which escalates under this situations
- They are choosing to ignore bad refs, because of perceived shortages of refs
- Instead, they will heavily penalize kids if anyone complains about calls (kids, coaches, parents, or spectators)
- You will likely hate the ref calls even more next season (because of the zero tolerance policy for any dissent), but it's critical to only complain outside of earshot of the officials, no matter how infuriating their actions/calls are, because there's nothing you can do about bad refs, and the ref can ruin your kid's entire soccer career if they want

Everything else about the policy changes is window dressing; above is the bottom line. US Soccer hopes that by silencing dissent in a draconian manner, this will lead to more respect for refs. Time will tell if they are correct.
 
Also, fwiw, I think it will have at least some of the desired effect (of reducing visible dissent on the field). Our parents used to complain more on the sidelines; after the club communications, they tend to complain more after the fact "I can't believe how awful that call was...", and coach their kids to expect the officials to just be awful. I imagine the sideline consensus will become one of less complaining, and more "this is just how it is, the refs are usually terrible", and indirectly advising kids that if they lost the game, it was probably just due to the refs. That seems to be the effect so far, anyway, in my observations.
 
sigmabody said:
I feel like this has probably already been fairly well communicated within individual clubs/teams. I know my son's club sent out some clear notices about it already.

Here's the TL;DR summary if anyone needs:
- US Soccer is aware that there are bad refs and calls, and ref abuse which escalates under this situations
- They are choosing to ignore bad refs, because of perceived shortages of refs
- Instead, they will heavily penalize kids if anyone complains about calls (kids, coaches, parents, or spectators)
- You will likely hate the ref calls even more next season (because of the zero tolerance policy for any dissent), but it's critical to only complain outside of earshot of the officials, no matter how infuriating their actions/calls are, because there's nothing you can do about bad refs, and the ref can ruin your kid's entire soccer career if they want

Everything else about the policy changes is window dressing; above is the bottom line. US Soccer hopes that by silencing dissent in a draconian manner, this will lead to more respect for refs. Time will tell if they are correct.
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Total bullshit. And this from the guy with the thinnest skin of anyone. Won't stand for criticism without retaliating against the kids. Pathetic. At least everyone is on to you now.
It's really simple: stop berating the refs with your stupid, dumb shit criticisms. It's an easy rule to follow for any decent person with an ounce of self control.
 
Lee Robert said:
Referee Abuse Prevention Briefing Coming Soon

We are working with the soccer community so everyone has an opportunity to understand the importance of this policy amendment.
Why it was amended and how we can work together to provide a Safe Environment for all participants.

Referees make mistakes. We are not interested in penalizing coaches, players or spectators; we are interested in preventing abuse.

I am sure you agree that it is vital to work together to remove any kind of discrimination or racial slurs from the game, whether it is directed at the referee, a player or anyone else.

Together we will make a difference in the Southern CA Soccer Community.

Attendance to the live Briefing will be limited. We will provide access to a recorded briefing before the fall season.

Stay tuned for the invitation.

Lee
PS If you have yet to see the information on Referee Abuse Prevention, here it is: https://calsouth.com/referee-abuse-prevention-policy/


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August 6 - Referee Abuse Prevention Briefing for Parents and Spectators

95% of our referees are current or former players, coaches or soccer parents.

We are not interested in penalizing coaches, players or spectators; we are interested in preventing abuse and discrimination.

There have been briefings for the referees, coaches and leagues. This briefing is designed for the parents and spectators.

If you are interested in gaining a better understanding and being part of the solution you are invited to attend.

date:Wednesday, Aug 6
time: 7:00 pm
Zoom Registration: Click Here to Register

All the best,
Lee
 
Lee Robert said:
August 6 - Referee Abuse Prevention Briefing for Parents and Spectators

95% of our referees are current or former players, coaches or soccer parents.

We are not interested in penalizing coaches, players or spectators; we are interested in preventing abuse and discrimination.

There have been briefings for the referees, coaches and leagues. This briefing is designed for the parents and spectators.

If you are interested in gaining a better understanding and being part of the solution you are invited to attend.

date:Wednesday, Aug 6
time: 7:00 pm
Zoom Registration: Click Here to Register

All the best,
Lee
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Can you share the recording please?
 
Yeah, let’s create punishments for saying anything to a ref but refuse to improve the quality of officiating; sounds legit.

Right now, 90% of refs don’t track the play, barely run, and spend the game walking while missing obvious infractions like handballs or jersey pulling. This past weekend, we had a linesman who, on two occasions, wasn’t even lined up with the last defender and “guessed” an offside call 15 seconds after a goal, just because he was intimidated by the opposing team yelling. I’m all for removing parents who insult and berate refs all game, but the officiating is so bad right now and nothing is being done to fix it.
 
ElKosh106 said:
Can you share the recording please?
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We have another briefing tomorrow night
ElKosh106 said:
Can you share the recording please?
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We have another briefing tomorrow night

August 13 - Referee Abuse Prevention Briefing for Southern CA Coaches, Managers and Parents
date: Wednesday, Aug 13
time: 7:00 pm
Zoom Registration: click here

Once we have completed the online briefings for the soccer community, we will post one.
 
TheMountie said:
Yeah, let’s create punishments for saying anything to a ref but refuse to improve the quality of officiating; sounds legit.

Right now, 90% of refs don’t track the play, barely run, and spend the game walking while missing obvious infractions like handballs or jersey pulling. This past weekend, we had a linesman who, on two occasions, wasn’t even lined up with the last defender and “guessed” an offside call 15 seconds after a goal, just because he was intimidated by the opposing team yelling. I’m all for removing parents who insult and berate refs all game, but the officiating is so bad right now and nothing is being done to fix it.
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Hello TheMountie, I fully agree the quality of the refereeing needs improvement. How about you attend the briefing tomorrow night and find out for yourself what we are doing to improve the quality. Lee
 
Having lunatic parents and crazy coaches yell at the refs hasn't helped improve the officiating. The new ref abuse policy will work to get more qualified refs, but only if it is strictly enforced by all refs in all youth games
 
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