On this forum and in general, soccer referees are constantly criticized and belittled. Not that such doesn't happen in other sports, particularly baseball, basketball and hockey.
US Soccer is making sweeping changes:
Grade 9 will eventually be eliminated.
The minimum age to become a referee will become 16.
Grade 8 referees will be excluded from centering any games over U16.
There will be two classes of grade 7 referee, one that is required to take a new fitness test based on the beep test, and one that is not.
Does anyone see anything positive in these changes?
US Soccer is making sweeping changes:
Grade 9 will eventually be eliminated.
The minimum age to become a referee will become 16.
Grade 8 referees will be excluded from centering any games over U16.
There will be two classes of grade 7 referee, one that is required to take a new fitness test based on the beep test, and one that is not.
Does anyone see anything positive in these changes?
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