[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally posted by Nevadaref

I also officiate basketball and my state uses three-whistle mechanics for varsity games, so I am quite familiar with the basics of this idea. However, my experience as an official has taught me that soccer officials are very resistant to going to the three whistle system. There are some good reasons for this, but the two that stand out the most to me from my experience in basketball are the consistency of foul calls and sharing coverage areas of the field.
With only one official calling the fouls it is easier to have a standard of what is allowed and what is being called a foul in any given game. The moment that you change to multiple officials this becomes more difficult and the officials have to really have some teamwork. The teamwork aspect is even more essential when we begin to talk about sharing and respecting each other's coverage areas.
Personally, I would like to see the sport go to a three-whistle system, but until this is done at the highest levels it will not happen at the lower levels. And if it does get implemented in a few select places, it will not be fully accepted until the World Cup is called with three whistles.
Basketball has the top down system already in place, and since the NBA and NCAA have both adopted the 3-whistle system it is much easier to put it into the HS game.

Just a couple of thoughts.

NevadaRef: I could not have said it any better than you just did. Kudos.

MTD, Sr.