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May 15, 2012
AGM AND ELECTIONS
The Weatherford Soccer Association Annual General Meeting will be held on May 15, 2012 at the South Main Church of Christ Fellowship Center beginning at 7 PM.
Under Article VI-Government Section 1: "The Board of Directors shall consist of the following named officers whose terms of office and years elected are as follows:
President-Two Year Term-Elected in odd years
Vice President-Two Year Term-Elected in even years
Secretary-Two Year Term-Elected in odd years
Treasurer-Two Year Term-Elected in even years
Coaching Director-Two Year Term-Elected in odd years
Six (6) Directors at Large-Elected in odd years
Six (6) Directors at Large-Elected in even years
New Documentation Posted
Ann Hicks of Arlington wrote the following article for the Star-Telegram. "It's just a game" 1/09/2012
"Soccer parents too often teach the wrong lessons to their children. As a soccer referee for 17 years, I have officiated games at all age levels. In the last two years, I have watched the sidelines behavior deteriorate into ugly, with countless episodes of fans being hateful, frustrated and angry and losing sel-control. Every weekend, someone is being ejected from a field somewhere. Why?
Most parents realize one team will lose, the other will win, and many parents understand it's just a game. Unfortunately, it's the angry fans who are most vocal. they inject their ugly into the match.
Why are they so meanspirted, hateful and critical?
All their hatred, frustration and profanity are directed at the officials. It doesn't matter whether the referee is young and new or seasoned with experience.
Recent games had one mother shouting angrly to the referee, "You should be ashamed of yourself." In another match, a fan called the assistant referee a "-----ing moron" because the fan thought he missed an offside call. During an U-8 game, both coaches were ejected for displaying a hand (or rather a finger) gesture to the regeree. All this while our youths watched.
Many of our refs are ages 14 to 20. They sign up for the entry-level class with optimism and enthusiasm. They are eager to start, nervous and scared but willing to push through their apprehension to give it a go. Unfortunately, too many bow out before they finish a season. Fans expect perfection, and if the referee misses a call, too many are quick to crticize. It's disturbing how adult fans can be so obnoxious and rude to our young referees.
I think the comments are often cruel, attacking and hateful because the fans bring their personal frustrations to the game. Foreclosure, divorce, unemployment, mounting debt-all that comes with them to the sidelines. When the referees miss a call, it's just one more wrong heaped onto them. For some, it;s the last straw.
For a parent to relentlessly insult and barrage the referee with belittling comments, something else must be going on in his or her life to bring out such hostility.
More and more often, parents are being told to go home early. Some realize they have stepped over the line and sheepishly leave. Some exit with quite the show, going on and on with cussing and hand gestures. Again, all of this happening in front of the kids.
How do we bring respect back to the game?
First, fans need to remember that refs are human. We make mistakes during a match. We are required to make hundreds of split-secound decisions in a game. Generally, 50 percent will like the call, 50 percent won't. Try not to ruminate over a "missed" call for the duration of the match. Remember that the view from the 50 yeard line is different than that of referees closer to the play.
Make sure your comments aren't desparaging toward the referee or others. If you continue to hurl insults at the referee, many are not equipped to handle the extra sidline behavior. They can't referee and tune you out. Some never recover from the relentless verbal assault on thir abilities, and as a result, the game isn't fun for anyone.
Last, remember, it's just one game of many. Pull up a chair, sit down, smile and praise the playher you came to see. Enjoy the monment.
Referees are imperfect, but we all share the goal of player safety. We are not equipped to heal a nation but to simply mangage a soccer game."
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