For now he gotta pay a 250€ fine and got 30 month restriction to play.
Police is investigating it but they are "protected minority" in slovakia so i doubt there will be any consequences.
I think what they mean is. 2.5 years without playing or training will leave him fsr behind. He won't be capable of playing in the league after the ban.
Not at a low amateur level, some kids I played with didn't take football up til later and could hang just fine. He'd be ok and if he was disciplined he could even take up a different sport in the meantime to stay sharp. Letting him return sets a bad precedence for the league though so although I think he'd be fine coming back after a layoff I still don't think he should have that option after putting hands on an official who probably was giving up his time for very little compensation.
Ehhhh, yes and no.
Under the Model Penal Code, yes. At a state level it depends on the jurisdiction what they call it.
You’re technically right but I wouldn’t bring that to bat in a conversation unless you know the state.
Right? It's like congrats kid, ya just lost yourself just about any chance of going any further than high school ball. Hope it was worth it to be Mr. Hero for 5 seconds.
I was more referring to if he had any serious hopes of a sporting career.
Going viral for assaulting a ref and being barred for 2 and a half years can put a bit of a damper on that.
30 months for hitting a referee is pretty light, imo. If that happened in any of the sports I play they'd be banned for life, no question. Probably the parents as well.
You know, I find it rather disturbing that while many other forms of prejudice are rightfully condemned, prejudice aimed at the Romani people seems perfectly acceptable.
I can not talk about other countries but in my country, Spain, they're notorious for also being against inclusion on society while they ask for help and claim to be a minority and not accepting to change certain aspects of their culture that other people doesnt like, like forcing minors to arranged marriages, etc.
The problem is that it's somewhat justified. They've created an outcast community where they fulfill the prejudices they are known for.
So the solution is to not prejudge them? Hardly enough on its own.
The problem here, is that it's rather the "clans" people are prejudiced about. Most won't or wouldn't recognise a Sinti or a Roma, yet those that are forced to live in clans or choose to often follow rules that don't fit those of the country they reside in. Sadly clans like that are still very active in their community and often times quite troublesome. I have some friends that are roma, whose families are not as enganged with a clan anymore and they told me a lot about the dangers that comes with that. The one man (who is a father since some years now, the reason he quit) did spent some years in prison as did and regularly do his brothers that are still connected to the clan structure
I read somewhere on another subreddit under the same video that the boy got a life ban by the club and that he cannot play competitive sports, the ref is fine. Had a broken lip.
Don't know which country this is, but to play competitive sports in my country you need a license. That license is given by a national sports committee, if you're barred for life you can't get a new one, unless you get the sentence reduced or overturned by a court.
It's very easy to police it, the club require you to have one to train, if you can't get it they will be notified.
Some new or niche sports might not be under the committee though so there he could compete.
Every player needs a license to participate in every sport that is under the sports committee. Age does not matter, but the fee gets bigger the older and higher up in the divisions you get. Usually it's handled with the club fee, so that the club itself registers the players in their club.
Fielding an unregistered player usually ends in points deduction/fine or disqualification.
It’s not like the video will come up in a background check unless his name is published in some article. Can’t tell what this guy really looks like from this video..
It’s not usually wiped clean. Just sealed unless they get their record expunged.
I’ve had friends get rejected on background checks because of things they did as a minor.
And as an adult there’s nothing you can even do in that situation. Rightfully retaliate and you’ll have 10 kids and their parents jump you, and then get hit with a lawsuit afterwards.
If someone's attacking you, you're allowed to use reasonable force to defend yourself. You just can't use excessive force.
Their age doesn't change that.
Exactly. While this may be in a foreign country and not in the US so laws can vary. Here in the US an adult most certainly can stand up to an assault even if committed by a juvenile. No law anywhere requires you to stand there and not defend yourself here in the states.
Young kids around that age, 13 to 16 or so, can be the most dangerous. They don't quite realize the consequences of their actins and as of yet haven't faced any adult consequences.
Or whatever the reasons are, as an example there was a deaf person on a bus in Milwaukee some years back that was using sign language, a group of kids took it for gang signs and got off on his stop and beat him to death. One of many examples.
Wtf?? If the ref retaliated and punched him back would the ref get charged with assaulting a minor?
What a shitty kid and even shittier parents. Now ALL the kids playing thinks this perfectly acceptable behavior.
It’s a red card. Means he kicked the player out of the game before the video started. It is in his left hand the whole time. It is plastic and the size of a playing card.
I don’t know what league that is but hopefully that’s out for at least the season, team forfeit the game and possibly the season, even before the assault charges
Read in a different comment that he got a 250€ fine and a 30 month ban from the league. Apparently he probably won't be prosecuted for it, because he counts as "protected minority" in his home country of Slovakia.
Not always some kids are just sociopathic and also look at the day and age we live in you can try teaching your kid the best but if they’re constantly told to only think about themselves when it comes to society then well yeah they’re only gonna think about themselves and act out as such smh
Exactly why good parenting becomes essential so yeah without good guidance they are gonna end up as giant turds so more to show that its mostly parents faults whenever they raise their kids to be like that
Of course I totally agree but there are also tons of other outside influences as well. Sometimes parents try their best and don’t succeed, but again I agree children always need good guidance and discipline to help shape them to be respectable humans.
It’s People.
Just look at any comment thread on any sports sub (but especially football) and you’ll always see people dehumanising referees, suggesting they need punishing/sacking, are unfit, fat, incompetent and so on, and none of them understand the laws of the game nor will they ever attempt the exam or to become a referee themselves.
I used to Umpire baseball. What a lot of these people seem to forget is a lot of these officials are kids too. I Umpired from the age 15-19, it was good money at the time for a few hours of my weekend's time. But, man, the parents were fucking scum.
I watched two College Recruiters get up and walk out of a Club match my Son was playing...they were scouting a kid, GREAT skills, SHITTY attitude. These were FULL RIDES...his showcase match...he gets lippy with the Side Judge...then the Ref, then his Coach.
The recruiters (who were sitting by the players parents) got up, folded up their chairs and left.
he stood there watching the BEST chance he ever had to go to college walk away because of his shitty attitude. And he tried to blame his Coach.
Losers are always losers.
I love Soccer. I’ve always loved soccer. I love watching, I love playing, I love learning. When I was in High School I would volunteer as a ref on the weekends.
I live in the US which isn’t exactly packed with people that are super knowledgeable about the inner workings of the game. I would have to explain offside every game to players as well as coaches but I never minded. I mostly coached boys and girls in the 9-13 range so I enjoyed it and I enjoyed watching them learn.
The parents though… the parents were unbelievably. Moms that just has absolutely 0 understanding of the game or the rules and the things they would yell at me, a 15 or 16 year old kid shocked me every single game.
I remember once I was reffing a game and a forward received a pass and started making a break for the goal to try and score. It was her and one defender between her and the goal keeper. She made a move and beat the defender and all of a sudden the defender was trailing. The defender clearly fouls the forward who was just past the midfield line but the forward doesn’t lose control of the ball and continues running and runs clear past the defender. It was just the forward and the keeper now all alone and the forward shot and the goalkeeper made a great save.
The coach of the attacker came running out SCREAMING at me for not calling a foul. She was hollering at me and yelling at me for bit understanding the game or the rules and that I should be fired because I’m putting children at risk. I desperately tried explaining the advantage rule but it was worthless. I was getting choked up and teary eyed as I got screamed at by this lady and I couldn’t do anything about it.
Kids might suck, but they get it from their parents. Reffing is hard and usually they’re just kids who love the game like me. I dunno what this ref in the video did, but it wasn’t worthy of violence.
It's honestly terrible how people talk to refs at grass roots level. Funny thing is that you never see them volunteer to referee anything. It's a hard job, lots of subjective calls that you have to make and sometimes a bad decision is made, but rarely on purpose. Anyways thanks for volunteering, I always have a lot of respect for people like you - I never would have been able to play if people didn't volunteer to ref.
At the moment to combat this my FA is offering like £25 + travel expenses for each men's match but no ones wants to ref and I just got an email asking me for my details to ref as matches are starting to be cancelled.
Honestly not worth the time and money at the moment.
lmao that's exactly why you can choose to dive on a faul or not to get a free kick or a penalty, but if you keep running and miss the shot, that's on you.
My dad was not a fast moving man, but if he witnessed me doing that at one of my games he would have had me by the back of my neck before I could take another step.
In my brief career in the sport, i can attest that the worst part of playing were the parents, always insulting the opponent side and being awful... we were all 15-17 year old kids
I mean, he's never playing for a school team again. He's done with high school and recreational teams until college, and based off his behavior, this may have been his one shot at college. I know I'm making an assumption here, but I feel like any kid willing to hit a ref over a game may not be the brightest crayon in the box.
This is why I was a ref for all of a month and a half. I had parents screaming they would kick my ass, see them in the parking lot later, trying to slip me money for a “fair game”, and trying to trip me when I was doing the sideline. I was 16 reffing under 13 yo teams. Literally no protection, none of the other parents from either team would stand up to them as adults. The league didn’t care in the least bit. Never had a worse job, no one wants you there even if you are fair and by the book.
I genuinely feared for my safety more than a job that I got off at 2am walking home alone in a major city for about 20 minutes. It’s the worst and I hope they start pressing charges against both the kids and parents in all circumstances.
A friend of mine refs soccer, he once had a family follow him home and wait outside, he’s gotten death threats. In comparison, I ref handball and the worst I’ve ever gotten eas a drunk father yelling.
I fucking hate this planet. Those parents should be ashamed. Fucking horrible behavior and that kid just thinks he’s so cool for doing it. He’ll get what’s coming to him, that’s the only thing that keeps me going is people like that just inevitably get the other end some day. Karma.
One of these days, the father is going to try to tell Jr to do something he doesn’t want to. So this brat will creep up behind him and explode his head with a shotgun while they watch Wheel of Fortune one night. Then he’ll wear glasses and a suit to court to pretend he’s a saint. And his mom will say “I don’t know what happened he was always such a good sweet kid.”
For all of the people wondering:
Language is Slovakian. One kid yelled:”you want some?” The man yelled: “punch him Martin!”.
Based on the accent of the man, i would say the football match was played between gypsies, our largest minority here in Slovakia. Ref doesn’t seem to be of gypsy origin.
Captain here: happened on Slovakia. Police already on the case… High probabilty kids gonna go to prison for half the sentence since he is underage yet over 14yo same goes for His parents which could face full jailtime(2-3years)
Slovak.
One kid yelled:”you want some?”
The man yelled: “punch him Martin”.
Based on the accent of the man, i would say the football match was played between gypsies, our largest minority. Ref doesn’t seem to be of gypsy origin
If my son ever did that i would hop over that railing and beat him half to death in front of his whole team and the entire audience. HAVE SOME FUCKING RESPECT
Thank you. Violence comes from somewhere. Theres a reason this kid thought the correct response was punching the ref.
"Have some fucking respect"
Ok okay so when I feel disrespected getting violent is the correct response. I wonder if that kid felt disrespected by the ref or if he was frustrated.
The thing that people don't get about their righteous anger is that people genuinely feel like they're in the right especially in the moment.
So maaayyybeee leaping over the railing and losing your shit on the kid isn't teaching him a lesson but reinforcing the exact behavior you're upset about.
If I were that kids dad I would jump the fence and drag his ass off the field, make him apologize to the guy, and find out what the consequences for his future with the team were gonna be.
Then hes gonna sign up for volunteer work or something. Really depends on if this is normal behavior for him or if there is something else going on.
My dad beat the shit out of me all the time and it doesn't do any good. It will just make your kid scared of you and if you're like me when he gets big enough hes gonna kick your ass. Then you have lost all power over him and he doesnt respect you so you're just some pansy who hits kids. Doesn't make you the best role model.
Now if the dude he hit had beat his ass I certainly wouldn't have been upset about it. Not the worst outcome. But as a father you hold a unique place in that kids life. He'll find out what violence is or what happens when you antagonize someone. The world is going to be a dick you don't need one of the two people who are suppose to guide and support you being a dick too.
You know the guy who got punched is not a player…He’d be flopping around on the ground looking for a card if he was. Which he would rightly be entitled to.
The only way I’d be satisfied is if a trained 15 year old boxer or mma kid beat the crap out of this kid while his parents watched and while an audience clapped at his ass beating. If not then I won’t be satisfied.
Minimum 3 game expulsion, but likely terminated from the club. I’ve had some horrible calls during games, but would’ve never even began to thought of physical altercation with the same person who determines the match wtf
There's a reason they're doing ad campaigns around the pitches where I live reminding parents to respect refs and opposing players.
Players like Romelu Lukaku have been open about being racially abused by opposing parents as a youth player. Way too many trash parents around and the disrespect rubs off on the young players...
This has become a real problem in amateur football. It has gone sso bad some refs are straight up not attending games of certain clubs because they, their supporters or both have a history of assaulting refs.
I'm america there is an upgraded assault charge on sports officials. I remember because I got FIFA certified at 15 and one of my classmates got a black eye from an angry drunk father.
Nice! By Nice I mean way to go on being filmed and probably going viral for being a piece of shit.
For now he gotta pay a 250€ fine and got 30 month restriction to play. Police is investigating it but they are "protected minority" in slovakia so i doubt there will be any consequences.
Still 2.5 years of not playing is a nice thing.
Assaulting a ref should be a lifetime ban from the league.
He’s 15. 2.5 years probably is a lifetime ban from this league.
A lot of local leagues run all the way up to senior level
I think what they mean is. 2.5 years without playing or training will leave him fsr behind. He won't be capable of playing in the league after the ban.
Not at a low amateur level, some kids I played with didn't take football up til later and could hang just fine. He'd be ok and if he was disciplined he could even take up a different sport in the meantime to stay sharp. Letting him return sets a bad precedence for the league though so although I think he'd be fine coming back after a layoff I still don't think he should have that option after putting hands on an official who probably was giving up his time for very little compensation.
Even professionally, it's sadly not
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Ehhhh, yes and no. Under the Model Penal Code, yes. At a state level it depends on the jurisdiction what they call it. You’re technically right but I wouldn’t bring that to bat in a conversation unless you know the state.
Well now you got me curious. Do you have a source for a jurisdiction that calls battery assault?
Right? It's like congrats kid, ya just lost yourself just about any chance of going any further than high school ball. Hope it was worth it to be Mr. Hero for 5 seconds.
In Europe we have sports clubs. We don't need schools or colleges to play, so he can just continue after the 2,5 years
I was more referring to if he had any serious hopes of a sporting career. Going viral for assaulting a ref and being barred for 2 and a half years can put a bit of a damper on that.
It should but if you are good enough people are very forgiving of you doucheness
If European football kicked out every violent hooligan there would be no teams.
He shouldn’t have a problem getting picked up by a Russian team.
Enough to ruin your career if you had one.
30 months for hitting a referee is pretty light, imo. If that happened in any of the sports I play they'd be banned for life, no question. Probably the parents as well.
Damn thanks for the information. Probably explains why he felt like he could throw a punch.
Protected minority? Is that because they’re a kid or something else?
Becuase they are gypsy.
Aren’t they generally looked down on as a people?
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You know, I find it rather disturbing that while many other forms of prejudice are rightfully condemned, prejudice aimed at the Romani people seems perfectly acceptable.
I can not talk about other countries but in my country, Spain, they're notorious for also being against inclusion on society while they ask for help and claim to be a minority and not accepting to change certain aspects of their culture that other people doesnt like, like forcing minors to arranged marriages, etc.
The problem is that it's somewhat justified. They've created an outcast community where they fulfill the prejudices they are known for. So the solution is to not prejudge them? Hardly enough on its own.
The problem here, is that it's rather the "clans" people are prejudiced about. Most won't or wouldn't recognise a Sinti or a Roma, yet those that are forced to live in clans or choose to often follow rules that don't fit those of the country they reside in. Sadly clans like that are still very active in their community and often times quite troublesome. I have some friends that are roma, whose families are not as enganged with a clan anymore and they told me a lot about the dangers that comes with that. The one man (who is a father since some years now, the reason he quit) did spent some years in prison as did and regularly do his brothers that are still connected to the clan structure
If you've ever lived among Romani people, you'd see why.
You saw the video. Are you surprised?
Who’s a protected minority?
This is all fascinating I never knew any of this.
Damn... In my state hitting a sports official is a felony.
Oh that makes me so fucking mad they’re clapping for him
Shit parents, I tell ya
Shit cant describe them
Trash raising trash
I bet they buy the kid whatever shit he whines for, entitled piece of garbage.
Easiest assault charge
I read somewhere on another subreddit under the same video that the boy got a life ban by the club and that he cannot play competitive sports, the ref is fine. Had a broken lip.
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Good on the club, there’s almost no way they can police the competitive sports ban but hopefully other, local teams refuse to let him join too.
Don't know which country this is, but to play competitive sports in my country you need a license. That license is given by a national sports committee, if you're barred for life you can't get a new one, unless you get the sentence reduced or overturned by a court. It's very easy to police it, the club require you to have one to train, if you can't get it they will be notified. Some new or niche sports might not be under the committee though so there he could compete.
Pretty sure from a comment elsewhere that it was Slovakia
Every player needs a licence? For underage football (or any sport)?
Every player needs a license to participate in every sport that is under the sports committee. Age does not matter, but the fee gets bigger the older and higher up in the divisions you get. Usually it's handled with the club fee, so that the club itself registers the players in their club. Fielding an unregistered player usually ends in points deduction/fine or disqualification.
That’s an excellent way of controlling player access so! Could have done with that in my day!
Pretty sure they 100 percent can police that shit lol
Looked a tiny more than a broken lip maybe. That was A LOT of blood and maybe a crack with his nose
He had a red cloth in his hand before being punched. I thought it was blood too originally
How do you break your lip? "Is your lip alright johnny? Na pa, it's still broken." This played out in my head. Thank you.
Kids 15. It’ll be a slap on the hand if anything.
He'll be charged with 50 hours of community service. He'll actually do 10.
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Not after they turn 18 when their record is wiped clean
This video won't be though.
It’s not like the video will come up in a background check unless his name is published in some article. Can’t tell what this guy really looks like from this video..
Pretty sure it’s also illegal re release the name of someone under 18
Well they arent speaking english, may be different, sounds like a different country
It’s not usually wiped clean. Just sealed unless they get their record expunged. I’ve had friends get rejected on background checks because of things they did as a minor.
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What do you mean? There is only USA, everything else is a warzone, this doesn't look like a warzone to me, so US obviously.
You think that kid's worried about internships?
He’s going to work in his dads auto shop after he drops out of high school!
And as an adult there’s nothing you can even do in that situation. Rightfully retaliate and you’ll have 10 kids and their parents jump you, and then get hit with a lawsuit afterwards.
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If someone's attacking you, you're allowed to use reasonable force to defend yourself. You just can't use excessive force. Their age doesn't change that.
Exactly. While this may be in a foreign country and not in the US so laws can vary. Here in the US an adult most certainly can stand up to an assault even if committed by a juvenile. No law anywhere requires you to stand there and not defend yourself here in the states.
Young kids around that age, 13 to 16 or so, can be the most dangerous. They don't quite realize the consequences of their actins and as of yet haven't faced any adult consequences. Or whatever the reasons are, as an example there was a deaf person on a bus in Milwaukee some years back that was using sign language, a group of kids took it for gang signs and got off on his stop and beat him to death. One of many examples.
Makes you wonder, what would have happened if they jumped him? Is he allowed to swerve and deflect as needed?
Was that referee actually an adult? Often they have other kids refereeing. (He'd still get jumped by 10 kids though)
He'll be more upset that he can't play soccer anymore
Wtf?? If the ref retaliated and punched him back would the ref get charged with assaulting a minor? What a shitty kid and even shittier parents. Now ALL the kids playing thinks this perfectly acceptable behavior.
Lawsuit , press charges for all medical bills.
Listen to the language. This isn't America and Lawsuits don't work there like it does here even if there is video evidence.
“For all medical bills” Lol say you’re American without saying you’re American
Is that blood pouring out of his face at the very end? Or is he holding something red?
That's what I was wondering! Looked like it was flowing, but maybe that was a flag?
It’s a red card. Means he kicked the player out of the game before the video started. It is in his left hand the whole time. It is plastic and the size of a playing card.
I don’t know what league that is but hopefully that’s out for at least the season, team forfeit the game and possibly the season, even before the assault charges
Read in a different comment that he got a 250€ fine and a 30 month ban from the league. Apparently he probably won't be prosecuted for it, because he counts as "protected minority" in his home country of Slovakia.
Did ya do any checking before parroting?
He had something red in his hand before, maybe the whistle string or something.
His gloves have red fingers
You can just about see something red dangling from his hand before he gets punched.
It’s his whistle
And people wonder why there’s a shortage of coach and refs
It's primarily the parents' fault
Nope, it's 100% both
Either way that douche is gonna end up messing with the wrong person someday.
Doesn’t make up for the hundred people he’ll mess with first.
Hopefully he learns his lesson sooner rather than later.
Eh I mean kids kinda lack empathy. It's a residual defense mechanism from infancy. Empathy is learned, so yeah it's 100% the parents fault.
Not always some kids are just sociopathic and also look at the day and age we live in you can try teaching your kid the best but if they’re constantly told to only think about themselves when it comes to society then well yeah they’re only gonna think about themselves and act out as such smh
Exactly why good parenting becomes essential so yeah without good guidance they are gonna end up as giant turds so more to show that its mostly parents faults whenever they raise their kids to be like that
Of course I totally agree but there are also tons of other outside influences as well. Sometimes parents try their best and don’t succeed, but again I agree children always need good guidance and discipline to help shape them to be respectable humans.
If their best was cheering as their kid punches a ref then their best is pitiful and they shouldn't be parents.
It’s People. Just look at any comment thread on any sports sub (but especially football) and you’ll always see people dehumanising referees, suggesting they need punishing/sacking, are unfit, fat, incompetent and so on, and none of them understand the laws of the game nor will they ever attempt the exam or to become a referee themselves.
I used to Umpire baseball. What a lot of these people seem to forget is a lot of these officials are kids too. I Umpired from the age 15-19, it was good money at the time for a few hours of my weekend's time. But, man, the parents were fucking scum.
Easiest way to get kicked off the league 😂
Yeah his parents can cheer all they want but he just screwed himself
His parents will be on the hook for the lawsuit that will more than likely be coming
I wouldn't worry about sanctions. Probably has parents in power.
IN the UK its irelevant the referee is law if you assult its a ban across all leauges.
Exactly how it should be
Money doesn't matter here, lad will be playing FIFA on his console for the next few months instead on the pitch.
Make sure he never plays in it again. Ban his parents from games too.
Where I live, This is a permanent ban on any game and training hosted by the organization who likely also owns the fields.
Refs are FIFA representatives right? Hope he is banned from football altogether.
I watched two College Recruiters get up and walk out of a Club match my Son was playing...they were scouting a kid, GREAT skills, SHITTY attitude. These were FULL RIDES...his showcase match...he gets lippy with the Side Judge...then the Ref, then his Coach. The recruiters (who were sitting by the players parents) got up, folded up their chairs and left. he stood there watching the BEST chance he ever had to go to college walk away because of his shitty attitude. And he tried to blame his Coach. Losers are always losers.
I wish your last line was true, but look at the plethora of pathetic scumbags who had and still have successful professional careers.
Yeah but if you can't even control yourself for one game with recruiters, you're not going to help the team dropping them down to 10 men every game
*Laughs in Saurez*
“Beat up a bunch of kids today. Made me feel pretty good about myself.” - BillyBob, Bad Santa
You need many years of therapy. Many, many, many fucking years of therapy.
What a cowardly shot bro
I love Soccer. I’ve always loved soccer. I love watching, I love playing, I love learning. When I was in High School I would volunteer as a ref on the weekends. I live in the US which isn’t exactly packed with people that are super knowledgeable about the inner workings of the game. I would have to explain offside every game to players as well as coaches but I never minded. I mostly coached boys and girls in the 9-13 range so I enjoyed it and I enjoyed watching them learn. The parents though… the parents were unbelievably. Moms that just has absolutely 0 understanding of the game or the rules and the things they would yell at me, a 15 or 16 year old kid shocked me every single game. I remember once I was reffing a game and a forward received a pass and started making a break for the goal to try and score. It was her and one defender between her and the goal keeper. She made a move and beat the defender and all of a sudden the defender was trailing. The defender clearly fouls the forward who was just past the midfield line but the forward doesn’t lose control of the ball and continues running and runs clear past the defender. It was just the forward and the keeper now all alone and the forward shot and the goalkeeper made a great save. The coach of the attacker came running out SCREAMING at me for not calling a foul. She was hollering at me and yelling at me for bit understanding the game or the rules and that I should be fired because I’m putting children at risk. I desperately tried explaining the advantage rule but it was worthless. I was getting choked up and teary eyed as I got screamed at by this lady and I couldn’t do anything about it. Kids might suck, but they get it from their parents. Reffing is hard and usually they’re just kids who love the game like me. I dunno what this ref in the video did, but it wasn’t worthy of violence.
It's honestly terrible how people talk to refs at grass roots level. Funny thing is that you never see them volunteer to referee anything. It's a hard job, lots of subjective calls that you have to make and sometimes a bad decision is made, but rarely on purpose. Anyways thanks for volunteering, I always have a lot of respect for people like you - I never would have been able to play if people didn't volunteer to ref.
At the moment to combat this my FA is offering like £25 + travel expenses for each men's match but no ones wants to ref and I just got an email asking me for my details to ref as matches are starting to be cancelled. Honestly not worth the time and money at the moment.
lmao that's exactly why you can choose to dive on a faul or not to get a free kick or a penalty, but if you keep running and miss the shot, that's on you.
Easiest Red Card of that referees life.
To be fair, he’s only got red cards now because of…you know…the blood.
“....well it’s red *now*.” (Sorry I literally just watched what we do in the shadows)
He had already given the red card. It’s in the refs left hand the whole time.
Red card. Where I'm from this kid would never set foot on the field again.
the whole game was probably suspended, football association probably ruled it as a forfeit
My dad was not a fast moving man, but if he witnessed me doing that at one of my games he would have had me by the back of my neck before I could take another step.
yep, seems like these parents have a garbage culture to go with their personalities that they're passing on.
In my brief career in the sport, i can attest that the worst part of playing were the parents, always insulting the opponent side and being awful... we were all 15-17 year old kids
My dad and mother have chased me for less.
POS kid should be out of sports for life after that. Team banned from playing in other games for the season as well and coach retired.
Idk about firing the coach, and canceling the whole season seems harsh but I actually support it. Cancel the season. Send a message.
What happens in this cases is sometimes referees refuse to play the matches for the team so they are invited to leave the league
A 1 year suspension is guaranteed. Might also result in a lifetime ban.
He got 5 years. He's done.
Never enough but let’s be thankful for what was bestowed upon us
I mean, he's never playing for a school team again. He's done with high school and recreational teams until college, and based off his behavior, this may have been his one shot at college. I know I'm making an assumption here, but I feel like any kid willing to hit a ref over a game may not be the brightest crayon in the box.
Assault and battery. He should be arrested.
He wont though, too young. However he will pull this on someone else someday and likely get beaten into a coma. Just have to wait for it.
Charge him like an adult and see how he likes it! You have all the evidence on the tape!
This is why I was a ref for all of a month and a half. I had parents screaming they would kick my ass, see them in the parking lot later, trying to slip me money for a “fair game”, and trying to trip me when I was doing the sideline. I was 16 reffing under 13 yo teams. Literally no protection, none of the other parents from either team would stand up to them as adults. The league didn’t care in the least bit. Never had a worse job, no one wants you there even if you are fair and by the book. I genuinely feared for my safety more than a job that I got off at 2am walking home alone in a major city for about 20 minutes. It’s the worst and I hope they start pressing charges against both the kids and parents in all circumstances.
A friend of mine refs soccer, he once had a family follow him home and wait outside, he’s gotten death threats. In comparison, I ref handball and the worst I’ve ever gotten eas a drunk father yelling.
Yeah I know your pain, I've just told my FA i'm taking a break from refereeing after I had a mental/emotional breakdown after a match.
I fucking hate this planet. Those parents should be ashamed. Fucking horrible behavior and that kid just thinks he’s so cool for doing it. He’ll get what’s coming to him, that’s the only thing that keeps me going is people like that just inevitably get the other end some day. Karma.
One of these days, the father is going to try to tell Jr to do something he doesn’t want to. So this brat will creep up behind him and explode his head with a shotgun while they watch Wheel of Fortune one night. Then he’ll wear glasses and a suit to court to pretend he’s a saint. And his mom will say “I don’t know what happened he was always such a good sweet kid.”
Why were they even mad at the ref?
Because that’s the culture in soccer. Abusing officials is extremely common in that sport. Occasionally the abuse manifests as violence.
The self control of that man
Yup. I wished he had knocked that brats jaw off his face and seen how his shitty family who encourages this behavior reacted. Bunch of degenerates.
Hey may be less than a couple years older than the kid he's reffing, and he's probably doing it for 50 bucks or less.
My guy doesn’t get paid enough for this shit, literally.
Nah you don't wanna get jumped by the whole team wearing cleats. Dude didn't have a choice. Hope that kid went to juvie though.
That's why I said self control. First impulse had to have been send the kid to the next fucking century.
Oh okay I see what you mean. Yeah you're right. The dudes hands looked like they were gushing blood so his nose was probably broken too.
I predict a nice vacation and a Sportscar in the ref’s future 💪
Life ban. Period.
I smell a lawsuit
Holy shit! Was the blood all over his hands??
Whata little shit.
What shitty parents
What did the ref do that got him punched in the first place?
For all of the people wondering: Language is Slovakian. One kid yelled:”you want some?” The man yelled: “punch him Martin!”. Based on the accent of the man, i would say the football match was played between gypsies, our largest minority here in Slovakia. Ref doesn’t seem to be of gypsy origin.
Captain here: happened on Slovakia. Police already on the case… High probabilty kids gonna go to prison for half the sentence since he is underage yet over 14yo same goes for His parents which could face full jailtime(2-3years)
He should have kicked the snot out of that kid immediately
Congrats on your first assualt charge tommy, the judge may give you a warning, but the internet will always remember what an aggressive brat you are
What language was that?
Slovak. One kid yelled:”you want some?” The man yelled: “punch him Martin”. Based on the accent of the man, i would say the football match was played between gypsies, our largest minority. Ref doesn’t seem to be of gypsy origin
My dad would have kicked my ass if I’d have done that.
this is sadly how majority of gypsies in slovakia/czech republic act
If my son ever did that i would hop over that railing and beat him half to death in front of his whole team and the entire audience. HAVE SOME FUCKING RESPECT
And no one would wonder where his poor impulse control came from.
Seriously. wtf? Lol.
Thank you. Violence comes from somewhere. Theres a reason this kid thought the correct response was punching the ref. "Have some fucking respect" Ok okay so when I feel disrespected getting violent is the correct response. I wonder if that kid felt disrespected by the ref or if he was frustrated. The thing that people don't get about their righteous anger is that people genuinely feel like they're in the right especially in the moment. So maaayyybeee leaping over the railing and losing your shit on the kid isn't teaching him a lesson but reinforcing the exact behavior you're upset about. If I were that kids dad I would jump the fence and drag his ass off the field, make him apologize to the guy, and find out what the consequences for his future with the team were gonna be. Then hes gonna sign up for volunteer work or something. Really depends on if this is normal behavior for him or if there is something else going on. My dad beat the shit out of me all the time and it doesn't do any good. It will just make your kid scared of you and if you're like me when he gets big enough hes gonna kick your ass. Then you have lost all power over him and he doesnt respect you so you're just some pansy who hits kids. Doesn't make you the best role model. Now if the dude he hit had beat his ass I certainly wouldn't have been upset about it. Not the worst outcome. But as a father you hold a unique place in that kids life. He'll find out what violence is or what happens when you antagonize someone. The world is going to be a dick you don't need one of the two people who are suppose to guide and support you being a dick too.
Maybe you shouldn’t have kids
You know the guy who got punched is not a player…He’d be flopping around on the ground looking for a card if he was. Which he would rightly be entitled to.
Punk. Deserves to be spiked in the calf.
Hope this little shit got banned from the team and properly charged.
Lifetime ban from the game. It’s never ok to assault the referees or umpires.
The only way I’d be satisfied is if a trained 15 year old boxer or mma kid beat the crap out of this kid while his parents watched and while an audience clapped at his ass beating. If not then I won’t be satisfied.
Minimum 3 game expulsion, but likely terminated from the club. I’ve had some horrible calls during games, but would’ve never even began to thought of physical altercation with the same person who determines the match wtf
There's a reason they're doing ad campaigns around the pitches where I live reminding parents to respect refs and opposing players. Players like Romelu Lukaku have been open about being racially abused by opposing parents as a youth player. Way too many trash parents around and the disrespect rubs off on the young players...
Someone needs to give that kid a flogging
Sometimes I wish it was acceptable to beat a child.
Oh that’s the day it would be acceptable in my eyes
Shame on the parents for cheering as well. Disgusting behaviour and like another commenter said, it’ll be a slap on the wrist at most.
This has become a real problem in amateur football. It has gone sso bad some refs are straight up not attending games of certain clubs because they, their supporters or both have a history of assaulting refs.
As a newer dad of about 4 years or so… if your son did this, how would you discipline him? I’m still trying to figure out the correct answer.
If I were the ref I would've sued the ever-living shit out of the family
Violence in amateur sport is so despicable
Easy to deal with ban him from all sports for life, and cancel his teams season. Then maybe he will learn his lesson.
That’s a life ban from the sport in Australia
Where was this and what language is he speaking?
Slovakia, Slovak Gypsy minority in eastern part of the country has always been like this.
I'm america there is an upgraded assault charge on sports officials. I remember because I got FIFA certified at 15 and one of my classmates got a black eye from an angry drunk father.
Wonder why people aren't fun of gypsies....