Coach N, I have also heard about some pretty suspect refereeing from my dad that is still involved in SC soccer. The stories that he is telling me I can't believe that the officials could possibly be that bad. But, reading everything on here it is telling me that you guys in SC have an epidemic of poor officials with no recourse to get them better. I would suggest putting a rating system in place, and start to weed out the bad ones. At our local association, we have blacklisted certain officials from being able to do varsity matches. The referees should be policing themselves to prevent a bad image. Our certified referees (we have three high school level referees in IL...registered, recognized and certified) have the ability to rate other officials that they referee with. That might not be a bad idea for you guys either.
