I was reffing under 16s today and there was an altercation on the pitch next door.
My game was half time so i had time to take this all in. The game was under 15's and i saw a player kick an opponent on the floor 3 times and i think the ref did too. To my amazement the ref showed him a yellow. The manager of the non-offending team looked a bit surprised too - as well as the players.
I got chatting to the ref in the changing rooms after and he said he'd been reffing for 10 years and had only ever shown 5 yellow cards. The ref was late 40s / early 50's i'd guess.
I asked about the kicking and he said he thought a yellow "would send out a message". I asked why not a red for VC and he said he felt that was too harsh.
I'm no assessor but there is something seriously wrong here.
Do refs who are level 7 ever get looked at if they are not going for promotion?
Out of interest i once discovered a referee who had been reffing for 11 years and had NEVER put any cards in the whole time!
My game was half time so i had time to take this all in. The game was under 15's and i saw a player kick an opponent on the floor 3 times and i think the ref did too. To my amazement the ref showed him a yellow. The manager of the non-offending team looked a bit surprised too - as well as the players.
I got chatting to the ref in the changing rooms after and he said he'd been reffing for 10 years and had only ever shown 5 yellow cards. The ref was late 40s / early 50's i'd guess.
I asked about the kicking and he said he thought a yellow "would send out a message". I asked why not a red for VC and he said he felt that was too harsh.
I'm no assessor but there is something seriously wrong here.
Do refs who are level 7 ever get looked at if they are not going for promotion?
Out of interest i once discovered a referee who had been reffing for 11 years and had NEVER put any cards in the whole time!