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You-Call-It 34 Question...dying seconds of the second half of a u-18 match the ball goes out for a throw in in favour of the blue team down a goal. Blue 6 was about to try and take the throw in quickly but the blue coach had 2 substitutes ready to go on so blue 14 joined blue 6 be substituted by blue 11 and blue 16 who receives the ball tossed to him by blue 6 and quickly takes the throw in using a powerful flip throw to hurl the ball well into the red half where blue secures control and quickly deposits the ball into the back of the red goal just as the last few seconds tick away. CR looks over at his near AR who is running up the line following the CR direction the goal was scored but when he turns to check in with the far AR he is standing at attention at midfield shaking his head and signalling we need to talk. The CR checks in with the AR who says , that was a foul the throw in. The CR scoffs and says a flip throw is unusual but perfectly fine. The AR peeved at the attitude of the CR shakes his head and goes, fine but that is not it, as he walks away. Match ends tied 2 to 2 Red coach approaches the AR and shortly the match is later protested by red, can you think of why based only on the information you know from this situation?? Your Match Your Decision Your Reputation
Our Hintdo not flip out
law 3Our Answer...In any information exchange between the CR and an AR their must be, in fact there is no excuse not to have a level of respect for the other. We often have ARs writing in discussing their exasperation with ego maniacal CRs who fail to grasp the need to communicate! In contrast we see referees complain bitterly about inattentive ARs who either miss the options to help or overstep their bounds and try to decide match events as they wish. In this situation the contempt and attitude is obviously non professional and frankly stupid! The line from the Forest Gump movie, "Stupid is as stupid does!" reflects the reality when egos are in conflict.
The AR had identified a serious flaw in the mechanics of the referees substitution policy! The blue #16 player taking the throw in had not entered the FOP at the time of the substitution because the player leaving # 6 blue was already outside the FOP having tracked the ball down for the throw -in and had tossed the ball to blue #16 to continue the throw in while he remained at the bench.
The LOTG allow for creative often unlimited substitution policies at the youth level. To some extent we are less picky about the particulars then say at the top levels of play simply because it happens way more often at the youth levels and we try not to use up too much time . Simple truth is the substitute was made improperly, without the blue 16 entering the FOP to claim his place as a player prior to the throw in.
Now you may feel this is trivial, but the LOTG do not allow a bench personal to take a throw in, ONLY a legal player! There was no real attempt at deception at play, just a desperate team trying to restart quickly. But a shoddy substitution may have created a protestable situation forcing a disciplinary committee to rule on.
We also have some ethical questions here with regard's to the AR supplying the information to the red coach who likely was unaware of the issue and using the information to try and get a replay or a reversal of the CR allowing the goal. The AR needed to swallow his pride a bit and state to the CR why he had asked for the conflab in the first place . Plus the AR must bear much of the responsibility for the initial confusion. It was a very poor choice of words to say it was a foul throw because the issue was NEVER about the throw in but the substitution.
The fact the throw in was performed in such an unusual fashion with the summersaulting flip throw has distracted both from the real issue! While there is some rational to not sweat the small stuff, sometimes the devil is in the details! The oohh and ahh of watching the flip throw and the haste of a match running out of time conspired to override the sensibility of ensuring the substitution was done properly!
Do not get slack on substitution policy, it can bite you!That was our Question YOUR Answer is...AskTheref.com Educating and Amusing The Soccer Referee Since October 11, 1999<-->
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