Pulling the refs hair ?
lolI dont knowPulling the refs hair ?
ChasObserverRefDeveloper
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Anything inappropriate, e.g. dropping shorts in a gesture to the crowd or referee, would qualify. If it doesn't feel right it qualifies as a "lack of respect"
But difficult in one of my games...Pulling the refs hair ?
Where theres a will theres a wayBut difficult in one of my games...
socal lurker
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USB used to be more just in the opinion of the referee. As more specific examples of what USB got put in, the lack or respect is, to a large degred, a catch all bucket for the referee‘s opinion that something was sufficiently unacceptable to warrant a caution. (I‘d note that Law 12 doesn’t actually require condict to fit in one of the buckets to be USB—the caution is actually for what the R deems to be USB, and Law 12 gives a list of things included within that. But some referee reporting systems require identification of a specific bucket, which makes disrespect for the game the catch all if USB doesn’t fit in another bucket.)
Don’t deem that a violent actPulling the refs hair ?
ChasObserverRefDeveloper
Regular Contributor
Not automatically a caution, but may be if stops a promising (counter-) attack, or for persistent misconduct, etc.
Could also be done in a reckless manner.
But agree it's not a mandatory caution.
socal lurker
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In the Us, it used to be listed as a potential form of USB Back when USSF put out Advice to Referees. I think it can still fall into that, but it’s a contextual thing that is in the ref’s judgment..
Damn, always thought it was a caution. I blame watching big boy tv refs.
Gave one today as well
Kes
I'll Decide ...
Anything that you know has no place on a football field but which isn't covered in the other caution or USB codes basically.
Laughing/joking at the standard or performance of an opponent or just simply winding them up verbally for instance is a common one.
One I had a while back was a player about to take a throw in, stop and have a puff on a spectator's cigarette before doing so!!
one
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Let's use the correct wording here to make sure correct interpretation. For example if they chase the keeper and launch themselves in front of the keeper and the keeper still release the ball but it ends up hitting the attacker, he hasn't 'stopped the keeper from releasing the ball', but during that process, at some point, he 'prevented' the keeper from releasing. It may sound pedant, but it matters as this has been discussed on the forum numerous times and in multiple pages. The actual wording from law 12:
• prevents the goalkeeper from releasing the ball from the hands or kicks or attempts to kick the ball when the goalkeeper is in the process of releasing it