New USSF Referee Abuse Policy
I was surprised not to see a discussion of this here already. USSF has released a new policy, effective March 1, governing referee abuse:
https://www.ussoccer.com/rap
https://cdn.sanity.io/files/oyf3dba6/production/2e5c0d1a6efba6244230e5f42670be43018dd00e.pdf
Notably, the "Penalty Summary" pdf provides a list of specific phrases and actions that will trigger automatic minimum suspensions. On the list for automatic two game suspensions:
New USSF Referee Abuse Policy
https://www.ussoccer.com/rap
https://cdn.sanity.io/files/oyf3dba6/production/2e5c0d1a6efba6244230e5f42670be43018dd00e.pdf
Notably, the "Penalty Summary" pdf provides a list of specific phrases and actions that will trigger automatic minimum suspensions. On the list for automatic two game suspensions:
- "Do you even know the...
New USSF Referee Abuse Policy