Regarding the upstate, there are not enough referees in the upstate. The number has dropped again. But, as a coach and a referee, I have found that you have your good referees who feel that they are there for the players. Then you have your "god" referees who feel that the players are there for them. Also, as mentioned, the SCHSL feels that referees do "NO" wrong. We must have a program in place to rate and either retrain or get rid of the bad referees. One other item, if you think that $35.00/game is a good amount, try refereeing yourself and take the abuse. See if it's worth the aggreviation. Until you've been there, don't complain. Put some effort into making it better for the teams. One last thing, I know that we referees will have our good days and our bad...look at the overall performance of a referee before you berate them. Yes, we do have our bad refs but we also have some good and some great refs as well.
