Comments on: Recruiting Officials: A Shakespearean Tragedy?

By: ReliantxRuckus

ReliantxRuckus — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:09:16 +0000

I often think about the manner in which refs are treated. I had a humorous thought while watching football this past week. Consider the wide-receiver who doesn't catch a pass and freaks out at the ref screaming for a PI. In essence this player is saying, do your job better!…I'd love to see a ref yell at a wide receiver for not catching a pass…in essence suggesting he do his job better. =)

By: ReliantxRuckus

ReliantxRuckus — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:09:16 +0000

By: wheniwasakid

wheniwasakid — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:26:13 +0000

you're on to something!

recruiting refs from other sports is the best idea.

Coaches need to know the game so they can teach the next generation of players coming up. Refs need to be able to CONTROL a game and be CONSISTENT. These are skills you can pick up reffing any sport, even the much maligned baseball. The fitness tests are a decent idea [although it may scare some potential refs away] and paying more is always a good idea but very hard to impliment effectively and fairly.

Quint's idea of limiting good refs to good leagues is preposterous at best! In fact, you NEED good refs to do games at lower levels to show everyone, including the other refs working the game with them, how it should be done. it is just like playing with and against the best to be the best... ref with the best and you will learn a lot. duh. this forced separation/no moonlighting argument is so darned un-american it makes me a little sick because it often comes up as a valid way to promote reffing. ridiculous.

2 refs, in decent shape should EASILY be able to do a game... even at the highest level. sure, 3 refs helps but so would 4 refs and so would 5. what are we? football?

great article... keep em coming!

By: joenandez

joenandez — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:30:22 +0000

Great thoughts. It's super tough to be a ref today… I've personally thought poorly of referees since I watched Tom Hanks call that dude “a penis with a little hat on”. Who wants to take that punishment? Understanding that, I totally agree that there needs to be some disproportionate compensation for refs, perhaps even relative to coaches. That would be up for much debate of course, but it's the idea that counts. They get verbally abused, everyone hates them, and you barely make anything to do it. Sounds like a losing(loser) proposition to me.

By: kipsteele

kipsteele — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:40:16 +0000

Feedback and scoring of refs in an open forum needs to happen in the coaching ranks. A little report card as to areas of improvement would be great to see as well as an area to get feedback for improvement. I'd love to get the same thing as a coach from a ref/parent/player.

The problem is the pooling of refs tends to have better refs at better playing teams. When a losing coach says a ref is horrible is one thing but when winning teams cite horrible reffing , it tells you something. We've faced the issues of being stuck with poor refs because better refs command higher rates because they work in 3 man teams instead of 2 person squads. I've had HS games with only 1 ref for players with 1 or 2 years and they are the ones that need the most reffing.

Personally, I am willing to pay for 3 man squad to ref. It prevents injuries and keeps the flow of the game moving effectively.