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The Role of the Soccer Referee
By Andre V and Darrell Victor 
A soccer referee should be fit, neutral, able to read the game and thick-skinned. Above all, a referee has to have a reservoir of discretion and common sense. These qualities would help a soccer referee perform his role properly. The referee exists primarily to facilitate the smooth walking of a match, not necessarily to whistle like a bird at every opportunity. Indeed, the role of a referee goes way beyond disciplining players guilty of cautionable or sending-off offences.
Soccer has a total of 17 laws. These laws cannot interpret or enforce themselves according to a match situation or context. The powers and duties of the referee are enshrined in Law 5. It is important to note that the referee and his assistants are even thought about a part of the play in soccer. If a aim is scored by a deflection off of the referee while they is on the field of play, the aim will stand (unless there is an infringement otherwise).
Team officials seem to believe that the referee is on the field to interrupt the flow of the beautiful game. They may even subscribe to the view that the referee and other match officials are part of a global conspiracy to ensure that it is difficult for their team to win. The more mundane reality is that one of the referee's primary roles is merely to enforce the laws of the game.
The referee is there to ensure the safety of players, spectators and other officials. If there is a safety concern regarding play or the match atmosphere, the referee must take this in to account in deciding whether to suspend play, abandon the match or address the problem. They must also document any event that interferes with the match.
Effective game management is the purview of the soccer referee. Surely you can understand why it is difficult for the referee to control a match from outside the field of play. They has to see what happens in and around play and diffuse conflicts quickly. Effective game management includes the field of play, the match balls, player equipment and fouls and misconduct in particular.
The referee is also the game's timekeeper. They ensures that the game is played with minimal interruptions from various sources. Other duties that are part of his role include addressing injured players (both ensuring that they are dealt with and don't hamper the game), recordkeeping, facilitating substitutions and taking disciplinary action against players and team officials if their behaviour is unacceptable, violent or irresponsible.
The most important point to make is that the referee does over enforce the laws of the game. Protecting the spirit of the game is an integral part of the referee's role. In a few instances, the referee is powerless to ensure that players do the "right" thing. An example of such is when a player does not return the ball to the other team that kicked the ball out of play because one of his team mates was injured. In plenty of other circumstances, the referee ensures that fair play takes place and that unsporting behaviour does not occur.
The ultimate power and authority of the soccer referee is combined with numerous responsibilities and numerous duties. The referee remains accountable to his association's disciplinary body regarding any action taken or decisions made. The reality is that decisions that referees make can choose the outcome of a match. It is this fact that makes referees the subject of verbal and sometimes physical abuse, even if they made a nice or defensible decision. Despite the importance of the referee's role, there is limited prestige associated with it. The vast majority of referees officiate because of their love of the game.
The referee would not tolerate taunting of other players or fans by players and team officials. His authority resides in the pen as well as the card, since the referee's match document is the basis of any inquiry in to misconduct as well. This is why it is important for referees to take their role as record-keepers seriously, even if they detest paperwork. Most referees would permit substitutes to assume their positions before beginning play or ensure that the goalkeeper assumes his proper position if they is caught out of play before a restart. The referee is not strictly bound to do such things, but would do that to guarantee fair play.
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A soccer referee should be fit, neutral, able to read the game and thick-skinned. Above all, a referee has to have a reservoir of discretion and common sense. These qualities would help a soccer referee perform his role properly. The referee exists primarily to facilitate the smooth walking of a match, not necessarily to whistle like a bird at every opportunity. Indeed, the role of a referee goes way beyond disciplining players guilty of cautionable or sending-off offences.
Soccer has a total of 17 laws. These laws cannot interpret or enforce themselves according to a match situation or context. The powers and duties of the referee are enshrined in Law 5. It is important to note that the referee and his assistants are even thought about a part of the play in soccer. If a aim is scored by a deflection off of the referee while they is on the field of play, the aim will stand (unless there is an infringement otherwise).
Team officials seem to believe that the referee is on the field to interrupt the flow of the beautiful game. They may even subscribe to the view that the referee and other match officials are part of a global conspiracy to ensure that it is difficult for their team to win. The more mundane reality is that one of the referee's primary roles is merely to enforce the laws of the game.
The referee is there to ensure the safety of players, spectators and other officials. If there is a safety concern regarding play or the match atmosphere, the referee must take this in to account in deciding whether to suspend play, abandon the match or address the problem. They must also document any event that interferes with the match.
Effective game management is the purview of the soccer referee. Surely you can understand why it is difficult for the referee to control a match from outside the field of play. They has to see what happens in and around play and diffuse conflicts quickly. Effective game management includes the field of play, the match balls, player equipment and fouls and misconduct in particular.
The referee is also the game's timekeeper. They ensures that the game is played with minimal interruptions from various sources. Other duties that are part of his role include addressing injured players (both ensuring that they are dealt with and don't hamper the game), recordkeeping, facilitating substitutions and taking disciplinary action against players and team officials if their behaviour is unacceptable, violent or irresponsible.
The most important point to make is that the referee does over enforce the laws of the game. Protecting the spirit of the game is an integral part of the referee's role. In a few instances, the referee is powerless to ensure that players do the "right" thing. An example of such is when a player does not return the ball to the other team that kicked the ball out of play because one of his team mates was injured. In plenty of other circumstances, the referee ensures that fair play takes place and that unsporting behaviour does not occur.
The ultimate power and authority of the soccer referee is combined with numerous responsibilities and numerous duties. The referee remains accountable to his association's disciplinary body regarding any action taken or decisions made. The reality is that decisions that referees make can choose the outcome of a match. It is this fact that makes referees the subject of verbal and sometimes physical abuse, even if they made a nice or defensible decision. Despite the importance of the referee's role, there is limited prestige associated with it. The vast majority of referees officiate because of their love of the game.
The referee would not tolerate taunting of other players or fans by players and team officials. His authority resides in the pen as well as the card, since the referee's match document is the basis of any inquiry in to misconduct as well. This is why it is important for referees to take their role as record-keepers seriously, even if they detest paperwork. Most referees would permit substitutes to assume their positions before beginning play or ensure that the goalkeeper assumes his proper position if they is caught out of play before a restart. The referee is not strictly bound to do such things, but would do that to guarantee fair play.
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