Teaching new church league refs

[Terrapins Fan]

Thanks Billy.

Mark,

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Originally Posted by Terrapins Fan
You MUST attend church or you can not play. Many leagues do not have that rule.
Thank, uh... goodness.

If it's a CHURCH league, I believe the kids SHOULD attend a church. JMO.

I ref in a 2nd church league and that is not a rule. And you can tell the difference in the kids behavior.

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Terrapins Fan

Thanks Billy.

Mark,



If it's a CHURCH league, I believe the kids SHOULD attend a church. JMO.

I ref in a 2nd church league and that is not a rule. And you can tell the difference in the kids behavior.

In my experience it has never made much difference as to who attends the church or not when doing those leagues in the change of behavior. If they do not act better in private school teams where they have actual control over things the player or coach does with the school, I see these leagues as much of the same in their behavior. They just call it a "church" league.

Peace

[canuckrefguy]

The church leagues that occur in my area are mainly mens rec league type things; haven't seen them in a few years, but the short experience I did have was positively awful.

As for the "church" in "church leagues", my experience has shown me that religion of any kind is no guarantee of positive or sportsmanlike behaviour. I certainly don't think it hurts, but Catholic HS teams in my neck of the woods tend not to be any better than secular ones. That goes for public or private schools.