Pregame preparation for an official is the first of three basic items that Craig Bohnert covers for referees.
Team USA beat Spain 2-Nil but lost to Brazil, 3-2. Even the loss, though, is good for American soccer; i.e., football, as the rest of the world knows it.
Everyone has his own opinion as to what are the most important aspects of football. I don't know that the determination of forward progress is the least important, but it get short shrift in the Officials Manual. Log in, and I'll give you a couple of other good references and thoughts on forward progress ... information that goes well beyond the Officials Manual.
Our story on the history of football rules has guided us through many changes in different aspects of the game. One area we have yet to explore is that of players who are paid to play the game. Today, professional players make money that most of us have a hard time even fathoming. The sport has turned from a mere game to that of "Big business" and football's most recognized level of play. How did all that come about?
Log in and join Darin Hayes and Officiating.com as we take you along "The Road of Professional Football."
It was only a phrase. I don't even know if Kent Holm intended it as a throw-away line, glib grabber fodder, or if it was fraught with meaning in his mind. It certainly got me thinking. And when I get thinking, my mind usually goes to interesting places. (My wife doesn't always agree on the interesting part, but....)
Anyway, if you have come here only seeking knowledge, things they would not teach you in college; today we cover science, engineering, and art in ways your professors never dreamed of.
Tweet!!! The referee yells: "Block!" Suddenly, he realizes he should have called a charge. But it's too late: That's not a correctible error. Todd Warnick, though, explains just what those gizmos really are — and why.
