I was going to stay out of this one but I can't help myself.
Soccer2103 - I have heard this argument for years and years and believed it also. Until my daughter got her license with several friends and the assignor would not assign then more than 1 game a month so they all quit after a season. The answer my daughter was told was that "Jim" needed the games for the money so "Jim" got 6-8 games every weekend. And one of the "Jim"s was one of the ones everyone complains about. So do not believe that statement. Quit assigning the bad ones and new younger ones will step up to the plate. This is not volunteer work where no one gets paid.
Notsofastfriend - That's the problem. Coaches have zero ways to complain about a bad ref. But a ref can card the heck out of a bad coach. Chapin knows all to well about that problem in the past. Rosie would get cards before he had a chance to be abusive sometimes, even though he did deserve 99% of them. The ref holds all the power and I have watched as the leadership protect their own.
Now saying all that. I would never be one. Way too much running, plus I can see everything from the stands with 100% accuracy....
