As of this past weekend, I'm officially an Associate Assessor (having completed the clinic, pending processing of my registration of course). My...
The push to talk is on the side of the mic which is part of the headset. The best place I've found is to put the mic between the buttons on your...
I don't know, I think you should have just whipped your shirt off and fixed it :) I haven't seen much mentioned officially at all about it which...
It's a set assembled from easily available consumer electronics. Here are the links to the radio kits I purchased: Midland LXT490VP3 radios...
I definitely agree with you guys about the pre-game, both the need to have time to establish how they'll be used and your perspective that radios...
Hey guys, it's been a long time since I've been on this forum. Honestly that was by my personal choice. Believe it or not I found that my...
Been gone a long time folks, but this game inspired me to come back just to see what people were saying about this one. I've read through most of...
My player pregame is simple "Home....Away....Here's the coin....Heads....Tails....who's calling it....call it in the air." Anything more than...
In WI we currently use the USSF shirts but there is talk here too of coming up with a specific jersey for H.S. referees. The only people that...
Wow considering how many far worse fouls we see go completely unpunished I can't believe this one was deemed SFP. I don't see excessive force...
I too like the Adidas kit better but to this day have never understood why so many referees have been hoping USSF would switch to it. The kit...
Since when does the fact that it's a friendly mean we simply throw the LOTG out the window? Yes the game was an exhibition to give the fans a...
No, because in that case the red player attempts to play the ball in a manner that would typically be safe. The play is made dangerous when the...
I know there is a preference among many referees that in high profile games, the referees should match as much as possible. However, I do draw...
No it's not, it's apples and oranges. The difference here, that's being ignored, is that kicking away and whiffing on a ball is a fairly safe...
** Shakes head in disbelief ** So you're a state referee which means you pay well over $100 a year to keep your badge and you're worrying about...
I'm with you and MassRef on the supposed poor treatment. We all enter tournaments like this as referees knowing that only a select few get picked...
The trouble with your logic is that a punch/kick to the head that knocks someone out is a different ACTION than a punch/kick to the chest. USSF...
To be fair though, the point of this forum (I thought) was for referees to discuss the decisions and learn from what we're seeing on the field in...
Ahh dammit, diddn't even think about that, sorry mods, feel free to remove if necessary.
Surprised this wasn't posted here by now. Does this appointment come as a surprise to anyone else? I'm happy for Webb and will enjoy watching...
I hope Busacca sticks around for a while yet, I have always really enjoyed watching him work. He's second only to Howard Webb on the list of...
I've not seen the play in question here but here are some comments I have from reading this thread. 1. It is the player's responsibility to...
I'm not saying I doubt you at all, but I am curious where you saw that. I've seen 3 different accounts, all of which included in quotes the...
Honestly I'm not sure that more officials is really the answer. The problem is in Soccer you have a huge pitch and play is omni directional at...