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Old Sun May 15, 2005, 08:17pm
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Originally posted by BktBallRef
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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.
That's because fans are more ignorant of all the basketball rules than they are of other sports.
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.
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!
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