Today, while refereeing a soccer game, I was accused of being racist, blind, and a fascist by spectators. The game was played by a group of third graders. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, it was my first time as a hockey referee, for a game played by 7-year-olds. At one point, a little boy tripped another boy. Doing my job, I gave him 2 minutes in the penalty box. After the game, I was attacked by a mob of parents. I was even given an optometrist's business card. FML
Today, I was refereeing a kid's soccer game, and noticed that on the field next to me was a referee I hated working with. I told the other referee I was working with that he was the laziest and most dumbass referee I had ever worked with. She then slapped me, and told me that it was her grandpa. FML
Today, I was coaching a little league soccer game. I was telling one of my players to go cover another kid. I said "go cover the little yellow kid!" because he happened to be wearing a yellow shirt. He also happened to be Asian. I then got death stares from his family members. FML
Today, during a soccer game, some utter moron got the bright idea of trying to score a goal from his side of the field. I sarcastically made a big show of just barely stopping the ball, and nailed it off to the side. The ball hit a kid so hard in the head that he had to go to the hospital. FML
Today, I had a soccer game. A player from the other team hit me in the face. In the next half, she was the goalie and I was determined to score on her. When I finally got my chance to, everyone cheered, until I kicked the ball into the goal post and it bounced back and hit me in the face. FML
Today, I got kicked in the face at a soccer game. Everybody clapped. FML
Today, at a soccer game held by my girlfriend's family, some idiot went to kick the ball, missed by a mile, and hit the ground hard. So I started a slow, sarcastic clap. I got a load of angry looks, followed by verbal abuse when we found out he'd split his head open on the ground. FML
Today, I was refereeing at a kids' soccer tournament and a deer ran across one of the fields. Some of the parents then claimed that a deer on the field meant a free kick. FML
Today, my worst fear was realised while walking past an under 15’s football game. The ball landed right by me and I attempted to kick it back, except it went flying diagonally & ended up even further away. I’m a 36 year-old man and got roasted by a bunch of 15 year-old boys. FML
Today, my team was mistakenly scheduled against an over-60 team. I'd feel sorry for the old fogeys if they hadn't beaten us 3-0 and racked up seven yellow cards and a red on the way to doing so. FML
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MsConfusedd 27
Parents get WAY too excited about their kids' games.
soccerpowell 5
refs take a lot of crap sorry to say
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MsConfusedd 27
Parents get WAY too excited about their kids' games.
CallMeMcFeelii 14
I remember back quite a few years ago my brother player on a traveling soccer team. They played against a New Jersey team one time and the parents from that team were ******* ignorant as all hell. At one point a parent even went out on the field flipping the **** out over the ref giving our team a throw in. A ******* throw in! People need to realize sports are played to have fun, yes it's competitive, but I'm sure your kid isn't looking up to you because you swore at their referee.
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I completely lost all interest in baseball after watching a fistfight break out in the stadium parking lot after a Dodgers game some years back... It's just hitting a ball with a stick. C'mon, there's no need for rectal prolapse over it!
44LynnLynn 23
That's exactly why I quit soccer. I loved it, but got sick of my moms negative sideline comments.
Tdrizzzzzly 19
28- I went to a dodgers game this year. My best analogy is that I was surrounded by a pack of angry gorillas.
kyu_Q 19
baseball is so slow and boring I doing see how fans get that way. parents of children need to relax and let them enjoy playing especially since "everyone's a winner "
Odis12 11
Parents get so angry because they're obviously stupid enough to bet on sports. Third grade sports none the less. Call a foul? Good luck surviving the soccer mom onslaught of Kool aid boxes and lays chips bags.
incoherentrmblr 22
#24, It's New Jersey... of course they're ignorant.
feldco1 17
Parents get angry because god forbid something doesn't go right for their child. In 3rd grade, I didn't care who won or lost, I just wanted to play.
shinikageWolf 15
Especially Hispanics. I walked by a kids' soccer game and they were shouting very loudly in Spanish. Calm your **** it's a kids' game not the World Cup.
Zimmington 21
24- When I played pop warner football my coach wouldn't play any of the black players. So after practice one day my dad went up to him & said "If you don't play my son tomorrow I bet not ever see you outside this park or inside this park because I'm beatin the shit out of your fat racist ass... bitch. And I mean every word." All the black players got field time & I kinda respected/looked up to my dad for that. Then again that wasn't a ref just a douchebag coach.
amisenho 11
Cool story, bro. No, seriously. That's great how your dad stood up to that coach and gave him hell.
soccerpowell 5
refs take a lot of crap sorry to say
NoShit_Sherly 11
He should've just soccer punched 'em
kennkenn13 13
As a referee for soccer I can say this is 100% true.. And i only ref through ages 6-10 and the parents are still bad
raddybear 11
I ref basketball for 5-6 graders. Its the same story there to; i am ok with parents yelling at me its whatever, they cant make the calls. But one time a group of 3 40+ year old men ganged up on me and threw water bottles and a chair at me after i called a charge not a block like what the hell is going on with these parents these days
beautious19 8
Those soccer moms can be brutal.
cyttex 13
Hell yeah they can, I had a mom key my car once because the ball "wasn't out of bounds". I ref micros(4-6 year olds).
daniel_dd31 13
4-6 year olds? Jeez that's ridiculous.
amisenho 11
Who knows? They may be holding secret bets on the teams or the MVP for the winning team. For all we know, they may have a couple grand on little Timmy to score the winning goal, so it would be no wonder that the parents were ill-tempered.
Bojack_fml 10
Those are the best kind of games!
NotAddictive 6
How? Those are the worst, at least I think so.
CrazyGirlfriend 21
pretty sure it was humor; at least, Im hoping so. lol.
17deanju 2
People need to relax sometimes... It's just a game for God's sake
alex_the_tiger 14
I referee first grade games and if the parents or coaches get too obnoxious I am allowed to send them away from the field
Dthsapprntc 23
And then we wonder why so many kids act like that.
tigerisabelle 31
Parents can get all up in the ref's games, I say just ignore it OP. Refs have an awful job, especially (and this is the worst part) with the overbearing parents of the toddlers.
Pauschinator 22
Well, that's soccer for ya.
MichellinMan 20
No, hardcore soccer moms.
Voij 16
*Hardcore sports fans in general. There, I fixed it.
daniel_dd31 13
65- nope you're wrong too.
hobojo69 23
I feel bad for the refs cuz they take a lot of shit!!
MysticMonkey 9
Soccer is serious business.