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Hurst, kinda funny you mention the refs - we have seen a few refs do both high school and Academy - my son (keeping in mind this was a teenage boy commenting) said he thought that while they did a good job at the Academy matches, some of the same refs were horrible when officiating high school games.

I've noticed the same thing. The effort from the majority of HS refs is pretty poor. I've never seen so many illegal throw ins ignored, blown offsides calls, etc. The good refs don't seem to try as hard, and then there are a ton of really bad refs who don't even know the rules. Not a good combo...

As for this rule change, long overdue. All of the different rules are very confusing.