Tag results for "referees"
-
'Thanks, ref' -- two simple words to boost the game
When that basic human interaction doesn't happen, you start to feel resentment ...
-
A revisit to the VAR concept and its application (Part 2)
One of the major criticisms of the system is that at times ...
-
Words, words, words ... Part 1 -- Rulebook Words
It happens in every game. The referee goes up to a player, ...
-
A return to reffing with COVID prevention precautions
I wore a mask upon entering and leaving the field, took it ...
-
A revisit to the VAR concept and its application (Part 1)
For the skeptics of the VAR concept and technology, there is bad ...
-
After five-month break, German amateur soccer is back up and running with the usual flare-ups and square-ups - but for how long?
There's an intense and pointless argument about, of all things, a throw-in. ...
-
Tuesday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. George Best in the U.S.: A reality more unbelievable than the ...
-
Mindhunter, behavioral science as applied to modern-day refereeing
A referee's whistle and cards are not sufficient to control the game ...
-
Coaches instigate brutal foul play, and get away with it too
It's just over four years since I turned off the television half ...
-
Bournemouth, victimized by a colossal VAR/Hawk-Eye error, deserves compensation
If there's one factor above all others that thoroughly incenses me about ...
-
What is handball? Nobody knows any more
There was a video question in my online refereeing exam concerning a ...
-
Saturday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Why Michigan athletics' budget woes should alarm the rest of college ...
-
GLT and the national anthem
The playing of the national anthem before Turkish pro games was introduced ...
-
Soccer's disgrace: unchecked goalkeeper violence
I return to the worrying tale of Eric Garcia, the young Man ...
-
Premier League: Goal-line technology fails in first game back with potentially big implications
Hawk-Eye, the goal-line technology system, admitted its error, the first in more ...
-
Bundesliga Ghost Games highlight a refereeing problem
German "ghost games" have presented soccer with a unique opportunity to explore ...
-
FIFA urges 'common sense' in handling gestures for racial justice, DFB president salutes Bundesliga players for messages
FIFA said it understood the concerns expressed by many players in light ...
-
Ref's View: Preparing for a Return
I am "refereeing" the live Bundesliga games on TV while also observing ...
-
What we can learn from Pierluigi Collina
An aurora of trust and confidence nurtured by objectivity and fairness allows ...
-
FIFA: Temporary measures adopted to change substitution rule and allow competitions to drop VAR
The changes give teams and completions more flexibility to deal with returning ...
-
What They're Saying: Katja Koroleva
"It is exhausting, fulfilling, challenging and exciting. This is all new medicine. ...
-
FIFA proposes temporary measure to allow five substitutions per game
The proposal will need approval from soccer's rule-making body, IFAB, and could ...
-
The saga continues
A circular by IFAB to national associations summarizes the changes to the ...
-
Watch (and take) : The PROreferees offside test
Professional Referee Organization, which manages refs in U.S. pro leagues, provides 25 ...
-
Becoming a Better Ref During This Down Time
One thing that I will remember when play resumes is how much ...
-
Will VAR crews return if play moves behind closed doors?
Marcello Nicci, the head of Italy's referees association, wants to know what ...
-
The mountain and the mouse (Part 2)
Two recommendations for a sane solution to the problem with soccer's offside ...
-
The mountain and the mouse: what came out of IFAB meeting
The soccer/football community expected so much from the last meeting of the ...
-
How Referees Deal With Trash Talking
"You can't stop me," "The only way that you can stop me ...
-
What They're Saying: Arsene Wenger
"You will be not offside if any part of the body that ...
