Quote Originally Posted by Rodders View Post
Id rather have adult club referees or no game than the incompetence being served up today in YPL by Northern.
If you get all defensive because your kid is part of that then get a tissue and change sport.
If you feel that strongly Rodders, here?s the nnswf ref website with a contact email on there, I?m sure Brad Carlin would love to hear your constructive feedback: https://www.northernnswfootball.com....ources/referee

Quote Originally Posted by Reds Forever View Post
My opinion on referee situation in region. It needs a complete overhaul from the top down.

It is embarrassing that the 3 local referee associations refuse to work with premier referee department and share resources to ensure all games have referees appointed. How many times do we hear all age games having 3 referees but senior zone games or YPL have none. Hard calls need to be made to create 1 referee department in region.

I am sure some referees give up due to abuse. However I know first hand that some referees leave to take up employment where money is more frequent over the course of the year. So many times my kids would have games washed out but then not be appointed for the rescheduled games and therefore missed out on some coin.

Talking about money. I also think NNSW taking money from kids pay to cover admin is a bit rich when you consider the amount of money clubs and players are paying for rego which includes referee costs. Was also shocked at cost to register to referee for 1st year refs, surely NNSW could cover cost and also waive costs in future years to reregister.
Problem is northern isn?t just the Hunter valley, it?s all the way up to Byron and inland. The local associations run the ?junior? comps, ergo, their primary focus is to provide refs for their games. It?s also not as simple as saying you can take those three and appoint them to PYL as 2 of them may have just played and are running the line for the game after their own. Also, to be blunt, refs don?t want to do games with the same level of scrutiny as PYL. I myself spent years with northern, and I love doing the odd all age or junior game as the players are just happy to be there and play a game. Also, to be blunt, northern doesn?t want to run the junior comps.

Northern also takes 10%, which isn?t that much. Where else do you suggest they get the money to cover their costs at the moment? With the funding they have, they struggle to get appointments out in a timely manner, let alone if you cut the department?s budget. Or people will say there?s not enough coaching, etc.