Briefing - Referee Abuse Prevention, what it means to you

[Lee Robert]

August 6 - Referee Abuse Prevention Briefing for Southern CA Parents and Spectators

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

Referees 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 in Southern CA.

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: https://us06web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_dMmT2aN1Tze7Wck5GDF5yQ

All the best,

Lee

 

[Lee Robert]

Reminder to attend tonight's briefing.

Over 150 coaches, managers and spectators have registered.

Please join us if you want to find out, for yourself, about the Abuse Prevention policy.

August 13
date: Toight, Wednesday, Aug 13
time: 7:00 pm
Zoom Registration: click here

 

[Surfref]

August 6 - Referee Abuse Prevention Briefing for Southern CA Parents and Spectators

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

Referees 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 in Southern CA.

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: https://us06web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_dMmT2aN1Tze7Wck5GDF5yQ

All the best,

Lee

I sure hope the spectators/parents learn from the training. It would make working the youth games more enjoyable.

 

[mlx]

Meh... it gives bad referees with fragile egos and on serious power trips the power to do whatever they want under the "zero tolerance" defense.

 

[outside!]

Meh... it gives bad referees with fragile egos and on serious power trips the power to do whatever they want under the "zero tolerance" defense.

The shortage of referees is responsible for subpar referees having a job. The goal of the referee abuse prevention program is to retain more referees. Once there is some competition for referee spots, the overall quality of the referees will increase.

 

[Zeke]

We already have a situation where more than half of cards issued are for some combination of language and dissent.

What impression does that leave? That the referee cares more about dissent than he cares about player safety.

This is not a problem you can solve by issuing even more cards for dissent.