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Originally posted by BktBallRef
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Originally posted by mplagrow
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Originally posted by rainmaker
You've all seen that game show on TV that's a lot like Outburst. One of the questions yesterday was, "Which sport has the worst referees?" The number one answer of course was basketball.
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That's because fans are more ignorant of all the basketball rules than they are of other sports.
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You've obviously never attended a HS soccer match.
That's absolutely no comparison. Fans are completely ignorant of the rules. Here are just a few examples of what they think:
1- Anytime the ball touches a hand, it's a foul.
2- If the ball touches the sideline, it's OOB.
3- ALL contact is a foul.
4- If there's a foul, it should be called, even if their best player is headed to the goal with an uncontest opportunity to score.
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You're right, I've never been to a HS soccer game, but I've been to plenty of grade school games. Most of the refs I've seen missed the page in the book that explains that a hand call has to be an INTENTIONAL manipulation of the ball. I tell my players that when I coach and they think I'm stupid because it always get called, even when it's inadvertent. And having reffed some soccer at that level myself, I've seen #4 happen quite a few times too!