@AlmightyButterdog
I’m a teenage ref for Youth soccer. Some of the things I have heard from fully grown and matured adults, directed at me, a literal kid, are astounding and make me question the world sometimes.
@tonicox4005
Knowing that I have seen some low-level of these at young kids soccer games where the referees are also still children, I’m glad there is something like this in place. I think it’s very sad that there has to be something like this in place. The fact that dumping their things into a trashcan has happened enough times to be mentioned here is wild.
@Tundey
The rules make sense. It's the enforcement that'll show how serious US Soccer is about putting a stop to this. As we see in our society at large, rules & norms do not physically enforce themselves. People have to enforce and uphold these rules.
@teamswatsoftball
Stuff like this is why I stopped umpiring rec-league adult slow pitch softball. As a recreational soccer coach, I have had issues with parents saying things and harassing the officials - to.the point I have encouraged them to card the parents and send them off. Yes, officials deserve respect. Some of these penalties are too light - imagine if coaches are abusing officials like that, then how are they treating the kids in practice?
@Russilito
1. I am glad these changes are here. 2. I am glad these changes weren't here when I started coaching. Clubs need to invest time to ensure new coaches understand these policies and can share them confidently to the teams parents.
@theticoboy
We had to call the cops to protect a ref at an AYSO tournament. Parents were waiting for him in the car and calling him horrible things. It’s terrible.
@TroySchuler
We saw the abusive language last season when we had a parent from the other team ejected because he was arguing with 2 refs for not calling offsides on us without him understanding that the build-out line is considered the last defender and their team was playing their defenders at mid field…so we played our front three behind them.
@mdca8773
Good rules for the most part. Not sure how identity stuff is worse than other types of verbal abuse, but enforcement will be the real issue. Even if a parent is handed out a judgement, who will be at the grounds to make sure they stay away? The leagues?
@ericerf6837
Let’s be clear….‘spectators’ is 99% parents.
@doubleohseven9934
Last season our team was in a tournament and the coaches of the other team felt that our team was playing too rough. They were yelling at the ref that his calls were "trash". One of their coaches ran on to the field and squared up as if he wanted to fight the ref, he was red carded and would not leave the field. The ref decided to end the game with 8 minutes left. It was shocking and a total display of disrespect towards the ref and the kids on the team.
@sdasgupta-tsinikas9779
Simple dissent—an easy caution/yellow card—could now also come with a suspension. 👏🏾
@agwtaw2
You don't get this behaviour in ruby here in the UK. I don't know why it's so accepted in football. Good to see some repercussions
@hajeterveen1880
I think it is a good thing that the consequences are made clear and that a stand is made. However, this is not the golden egg that solves everything, it will take more initiatives coming together to create the atmosphere in which soccer is at its best. I’m often asked which is my favourite team: the third team on the pitch… anyone can kick a ball 😉 but their game is the most complicated.
@carljensen5730
I think it is NEVER ok to yell at a ref. I have coached youth soccer for MANY years and I have NEVER yelled at a ref. One time a ref was putting kids at risk because he was allowing his home team to kick at the ball while out goalie was laying on the ball. Even then, I just stepped in to make sure nobody got hurt and still didn't yell at the refs.
@stevenlawrence5112
Needs to be a system of grading referees. Get a good rating after a match, get a higher pay. Poor rating reduced pay for that game. Refs need to be held accountable for missed calls, and they arent. There are times where a wrong call matters. Some take the job knowing they wont have any repercussions for missed calls and still collect a check.
@DavidPetrous
Good to see these rules. No place for this in the game.
@joshuafox4104
As a all around sports official for Soccer and other sports this needs to be adopted across the board. My first year officiating soccer was a nightmare, other officials left due to parents and players, so I was forced to officiate games well above my official level. I was berated constantly to the point where I refused to go back. Now parents are asking “where is the official for my child’s game?” While that is unfair to the players it is a response to parents behaving badly. I have since gotten back into officiating and I have a zero tolerance policy for any talking back from parents or players and any bad behavior from parents. 😂 I am now known as “That Ref” coaches are much quicker to deal with there players, parents know my fuse is short for bad behavior and my league loves me for it 😢😢which is why they won’t let me retire.
@basharinroman6121
Great review. Thanks for that. Can you make a video how players and parents protect from abuse ( non physical )? What is the parents rights ( except being quiet )? Thank you again.
@TheGreatAnts
I think a lot of the issue starts at the professional level. Players, parents and coach's watch football on TV and see all these professional players crowd and yell at the referee over decisions. They then think it is alright to challenge every decision at their local match and to carry on over decisions made. If we want to improve behaviour at the local level, then we need to change the behaviour at the professional level first.
@SilverDollar6