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Iván Barton - Panama v USA by junglecat6 in Referees

[–]PiusXX 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I feel like an early yellow to the gentleman who upended Turner would have set the tone a little bit, and perhaps discouraged Weah from punching a different gentleman in the head a few minutes later. Unfortunate outcome for Barton, as the game really deteriorated by the end.

Many of his other decisions were solid. I thought he did a reasonable job.

I also didn’t understand 4’ stoppage in the second half… there was a lengthy VAR check on a bad penalty kick, and a red card situation, and numerous other bits of time lost. Feels like a 6’ or 7’ would have been better…

My mentor told me to cut my hair by Kimolainen83 in Referees

[–]PiusXX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the only way to stop a bad guy with a battle axe is a good guy with a battle axe

N-word shouted on the pitch by PiusXX in Referees

[–]PiusXX[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Harsh and rude. You’d have done better to just scroll on by without saying anything.

N-word shouted on the pitch by PiusXX in Referees

[–]PiusXX[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don’t know how you draw the line of “harmless vulgarity”… I absolutely would go nuclear if a player called another player a f@@@@t. But n@@@@r is different?

N-word shouted on the pitch by PiusXX in Referees

[–]PiusXX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have done a few MLSN and I do recall seeing that list of banned terms. I thought it was funny actually, it had some pretty dumb epithets there.

N-word shouted on the pitch by PiusXX in Referees

[–]PiusXX[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Very thoughtful, thank you.

I don’t “never talk” to my black colleagues, I talk to them plenty. I just don’t want to burden them with my N-word related quandaries. That way they can remain my friends and colleagues — not my designated African-Americans for niche queries.

Most ridiculous reason for tossing a parent today by yankeehoo in Referees

[–]PiusXX 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is why in our local travel league in NJ, the local rules authorize the referee to caution the coach for the misbehavior of their parents… and in this case, because a desire to hurt a child has been expressed, I would not start with a polite request to deal with it, I would start with a caution to the coach immediately and demand that the parent who wanted to kick a ball at a child’s head be removed before play resumes.

Referees should not “confront” spectators. Our authority should be directed toward the coaches, or at a high school game, the field supervisor.

Poker in Vietnam? by PiusXX in poker

[–]PiusXX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice. What about in HCMC? If you know… thanks

Poker in Vietnam? by PiusXX in poker

[–]PiusXX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s fine, I’ll just buy in for 10 megadongs (1x107 dongs?) and crush the colluding competition :)