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The Official Word: Referee News | February 2023 Cal South Referee Monthly Educational Webinars Join us for our next live Educational Webinar: Wednesday, February 15th, from 7 pm - 8:30 pm. Our special guest is former FIFA Referee and CBS/Fox Sports Rules Analyst, Christina Unkel. Webinar...

Here's my spicy hot take for the week: If we referees really believe that parents are uninformed/biased, then we should ignore/dismiss parent compliments just as much as we do parent complaints. Similar corollary for coaches. If a coach compliments me towards the beginning of the game...

The one word I hear most from spectators is "Handball." 19 out of 20 times the spectators have it wrong. If only spectators actually knew the Handling criteria and what the referee is using to make the decision, there would be less yelling at the referee in youth games. Here is a good...