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Im not even going to try to explain it would take to long and im about to go out. HAHA sorry

benp...i like your g'town upset over ohio st. i think ur the first person to agree with me, however i dont think they make it to the final four but they will beat florida in the sweet 16 and loose in the elite 8

how'd we even get started talking about this....the topic is bad officials

i've got a question about a call. when we played awhile back the ball was rolling into the 18 and i came over to sheild the ball from a forward and wait for the keeper to get it or to clear it if things got nasty. but when the keeper got the ball he called an obstruction call on me and gave them a free kick. i am a little confused about this call and would appreciate it if someone could enlighten me on its basis.

whsweeper - here's a try: Obstruction is when you block another player from the ball, when you can't play it. If you are shielding the player from the ball and you can play it - it should not be called obstruction. If you step in the path of another player to prevent them from playing the ball that would be called obstruction. Unfortunately, you have to have the ref agree with your position that you can play the ball. My personal opinion is that most refs don't call obstruction as much as they should - some do, as in your case. Now who was right? Since he's the ref - he was. Hope this helps.

thanks

I had actually already done all that research while filling out my brackets for the BL annual Bracket Challenge!

..do we really need another thread on "horrible officials"???

..how about Zag peacin' out in the 1st round. Thy Will Be Done!

The biggest problem with everyone running a 3-official match has nothing to do with intentions or finances...there simply aren't enough soccer officials to go around. We always request three officials, but many times (two out of our three home matches so far this season, for example) there just aren't three available; if we had a full three, someone else would only have one. this isn't anyone's fault within the schools or the officials' organization--we just have an extreme shortage of people who are willing and able to do the job. Maybe instead of blasting officials who might make a bad call simply because they are out of position due to a 2-man system, we should be encouraging more people to take up the whistle so that everyone can have three pairs of good eyes on the field. There are some very good, conscientious refs out there who could use the help.