Lowerstate, I did inflict pain on many forwards...but I didn't play at Irmo, I moved in my junior year. I played baseball because at the time I enjoyed baseball more than soccer. I did play in northern Illinois, and I was playing varsity as a freshman. I was known to be a bit physical on the field, and was of the mentality that if you physically pounded a player, they would think twice about coming in your general vicinity again. I received my fair of yellow cards, and I even got a red once. A kid from rock island (IL) slide tackled me from behind, and only got a yellow. I went back into the game after getting injured and full on tackled the kid as hard as I could. I shouldn't have done that, and I won't teach my children to do that. I still play a physical game when I play. As for my reffing, I don't care what people in SC think of it, because I will never move back, and I will never ref another game there.