Maybe 10 years or more ago when we did 3-man crews for all high school game I was AR1 on a girls freshman game. Game starts and I notice the...
HS has rules for size appropriate shin guards.The only time I checked was when captains brought them out to the coin toss during scrimmages.
I guess I’m not understanding your emphasis on the defensive encroachment. We ignore most defensive encroachment because to call it would...
Both of your questions are specifically answered in Law 14. • a team-mate of the goalkeeper offends: • if the ball enters the goal, a...
One card for each gesture. And it looked like Oliver was wrong about the throw in.
Two minute minor for boarding.
I liked them too until they moved them to the wrong side.
Howard Webb has supposedly recruited a dozen former players to fast track them to be referees. That will fix the lack of trust with referees....
SoCal lurker said that even was off 40 years ago, not on. OS=offside That said, the history is that the game has been easing off the rules for...
Well, maybe 5% in, but that means it was still in play.
VAR looked at that and said it was OK? Even for the EPL that’s amazing.
Bayern Munich v Darmstadt had three DOGSO reds in the first half. Two were changed from PK-yellow on review. All three were on the fringe of the...
You condoned his clownish behavior. I find it hard to believe that his behavior doesn’t affect the players. You are making it harder for every...
Klopp doesn’t speak for the club. Not for this sort of thing. Has the club done anything that clarifies what escalation and resolution means?...
I know it’s a minor point, but as the story makes clear, it’s Klopp who wants a replay. That’s different from “Liverpool”. I haven’t seen anything...
Spurs fan, so admittedly biased. I think the issue for me on the Jones foul was that he stuck the contact. It wasn’t glancing at all. I will...
Every dollar of the $75k is much more important to that person than the $100k. you could say it’s 10% of his last million, but the first £10...
If it’s not a penalty shouldn’t there be a yellow for a dive?
When I was an instructor I was also an assignor and new refs would ask me what they needed. I said the first requirement was that they had a pulse...
Or minimal contact with the player going down easy? No clue. I think AR called it and she was happy to back out. And once again the announcement...
They started using multiple balls in the EPL during Covid. I think it was a point of pride that they stuck to the one ball system. Real football...
Clatts is just learning about how Concacaf gonna Concacaf.
In the run up to the World Cup Mexico had a couple empty stadium games due to the homophobic chant. It was suggested that Mexico could use women’s...
Flying boot to the head: yellow card. DOGSO red and then he goes Oprah on the Greeks. I do like the way he responds to dissent. You get a yellow,...
We will see if things warm up, but this game is sedate compared to those competitions. Oliver has brought the high level of emotion he brings to...