I found this post on the Georgia Forum and thought it was a great post by a ref.
Tonight, I worked another R3PL game. You would think that people whose players have made it this far would at least know not to make stupid comments to refs.
"It's where he was when the ball was kicked." Really? Thanks for letting me know. BTW, where was he when the ball was kicked? Can you tell me, because I am sure you were looking at the person kicking the ball like most people do in a game.
"He's offsides." No, he is in an offside position but not involved in play. The flag stays down. PS: it is called offside, without the "s."
"He's offsides." No, you cannot be offside on your side of the field.
"The whole ball has to be outside the line." I always miss that call, eventhough I am straddling the line and you are thirty feet behind me and 10 feet off the line. Thanks for making sure I hear you, too.
"Call it both ways." My favorite. One day I will point both directions at once and call it both ways.
"Hand ball." No such call, folks. It is "handling," which requires several components for the call to be made. Just because it hits the arm, it is not a "hand ball," which does not even exist. Often the ball hits the hand, aka ball to hand, and the call you expect does not come because if it hits the arm or hand, it must be called a hand ball. No, it does not.
"He got the ball first." And the player he crippled when he ran thru him? If he fouls the opposing player, it is a foul. "Ball first" has even been taken out of the rulebook.
"That's delay of game." No, the keeper has to pick it up and hold it before the 6 second rule comes in to play.
Learn the laws of the game so you quit making foolish comments like this.
Tonight, I worked another R3PL game. You would think that people whose players have made it this far would at least know not to make stupid comments to refs.
"It's where he was when the ball was kicked." Really? Thanks for letting me know. BTW, where was he when the ball was kicked? Can you tell me, because I am sure you were looking at the person kicking the ball like most people do in a game.
"He's offsides." No, he is in an offside position but not involved in play. The flag stays down. PS: it is called offside, without the "s."
"He's offsides." No, you cannot be offside on your side of the field.
"The whole ball has to be outside the line." I always miss that call, eventhough I am straddling the line and you are thirty feet behind me and 10 feet off the line. Thanks for making sure I hear you, too.
"Call it both ways." My favorite. One day I will point both directions at once and call it both ways.
"Hand ball." No such call, folks. It is "handling," which requires several components for the call to be made. Just because it hits the arm, it is not a "hand ball," which does not even exist. Often the ball hits the hand, aka ball to hand, and the call you expect does not come because if it hits the arm or hand, it must be called a hand ball. No, it does not.
"He got the ball first." And the player he crippled when he ran thru him? If he fouls the opposing player, it is a foul. "Ball first" has even been taken out of the rulebook.
"That's delay of game." No, the keeper has to pick it up and hold it before the 6 second rule comes in to play.
Learn the laws of the game so you quit making foolish comments like this.
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