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Post by tigerdawg on Jan 6, 2016 18:48:36 GMT -6
So I'm watching a high school game in Florida, and they are running a 3 center system. All three refs have a whistle. I cannot understand why they don't use AR's!
Craziest thing I've seen
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Post by happyjack on Jan 6, 2016 19:11:36 GMT -6
Similar to indoor or basketball, hard to learn and rotate positions. Need to work with the same crew continuously to make it work right
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Post by p_malinich on Jan 6, 2016 19:39:19 GMT -6
So I'm watching a high school game in Florida, and they are running a 3 center system. All three refs have a whistle. I cannot understand why they don't use AR's! Craziest thing I've seen Exactly what PA uses. Drives me nuts. They rotate across all 3 spots. You can have the same AR calling offside for your team in both directions (which some are quicker to call than others). 3 whistles is awkward at times.
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Post by p_malinich on Jan 6, 2016 20:06:27 GMT -6
So I'm watching a high school game in Florida, and they are running a 3 center system. All three refs have a whistle. I cannot understand why they don't use AR's! Craziest thing I've seen Exactly what PA uses. Drives me nuts. They rotate across all 3 spots. You can have the same AR calling offside for your team in both directions (which some are quicker to call than others). 3 whistles is awkward at times. And I should clarify that is what's used for HS. Club uses a center & 2 ARs.
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Post by rlb2024 on Jan 6, 2016 21:15:04 GMT -6
At least the Disney Showcase uses one center and two ARs, even though it's played in Florida. Our cousins who live an hour from Orlando (and whose daughter plays) were wondering why all three refs didn't have whistles when they came to watch a game.
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Post by time2retire on Jan 7, 2016 2:58:06 GMT -6
Florida and Pennsylvania aren't the only two states using this system. And I don't like this system at all, with 3 whistles and the same referee calling offside for 50 minutes against the same team. I wanted to strangle one "assistant" who took liberty of whistling every trifling foul within my view. Pennsylvania still wears football referee shirts I believe.
This system was designed by NFHS to encourage newer referees on the whistle and appease those who refused to do games without the whistle. And it fails, miserably.
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Post by laffysoccermom on Jan 7, 2016 8:07:50 GMT -6
That sounds awful. We played in Florida (club) once and they used centers and ARs.
As far as refs that won't do game without whistle, probably not the type of person that should be a ref or anything that gives any type of authority.
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Post by cardsinhand on Jan 7, 2016 10:11:43 GMT -6
Any "club" or USSF sanctioned match must use the diagonal system (Ref/AR/AR). In fact if only 2 officials show up one must be the referee and AR1. You can ask for a "club" AR (parent/sibling) to help with ball in and out of play only.
In USSF games you ARE NOT to ever use a dual or 3 whistle system.
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Post by SFC Retired on Jan 7, 2016 17:25:56 GMT -6
Florida and Pennsylvania aren't the only two states using this system. And I don't like this system at all, with 3 whistles and the same referee calling offside for 50 minutes against the same team. I wanted to strangle one "assistant" who took liberty of whistling every trifling foul within my view. Pennsylvania still wears football referee shirts I believe. This system was designed by NFHS to encourage newer referees on the whistle and appease those who refused to do games without the whistle. And it fails, miserably. Yes they still wear the football jerseys . Been like that since I was playing and that was over 20 years ago lol.
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