Coaches Biggest Problem With New Rules ...

[SD Referee]

Originally Posted by WhistlesAndStripes

As far as I’m concerned, this is the fault of YMCA league officials(and by that I mean the people who run the league, not the officials who referee the games) failure to hold their parents and coaches accountable for the values of sportsmanship they claim they stand for. As officials, we can only do so much. If league officials won’t back us, or take extra steps when the same parents and coaches constantly get out of line, many of us will choose to spend our time doing something besides putting up with that crap.



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My experience officiating for free/volunteering is it's not that the coaches and parents are that bad. It's that most people have thin skin and one little comment turns them off from officiating. Most people aren't confident or skilled enough and the slightest of comments turns them off from volunteering/helping out. I just think more guys like ourselves could help out more. It doesn't make you a bad person if you don't.