| RULES CLARIFICATIONS - REF'S ADVICE:
Part 3 (Final) SIGNALS
AT CREASE: Practice showing the appropriate card
and signal at the crease as well as at the point of the
penalty infraction. Insure that the information exchange
is concise, but thorough. Provide the number of the
player and the nature of the infraction. Insure that
benches are aware of any man advantage prior to leaving
the crease. As a team, be proactive to get the complete
story.
POWER PLAY PENALTY TIME: if the
scoreboard malfunctions, instruct the PA to announce the
remaining time in 30’ increments or similar.
DELAYED BLUE: Anticipate delayed calls,
especially with penalties. Wait a second to look at what
is developing tactically before blowing the whistle.
Position yourself to get a god vantage point. While under
a delayed blue, the guilty team should not get a free
ride to commit additional time penalty infractions. If an
infraction stops play that in its own right is so severe
as to warrant a blue card, so be it. Do not look for
trouble but do not ignore it either. Brief during pre-game
as to who is going to cover what?
DELAYED BLUE: A delayed penalty could
either be tactical in origin or a severe foul to warrant
a blue card penalty. For example if tactical foul
warrants a yellow in out door, it probably warrants a
blue card in indoor. Consider deliberate shirt pulling on
a player breaking for goal or simple tactical foul, which
denies a goal scoring shot.
DELAYED BLUE IN DEFENSIVE HALF: The
correct decision for a delayed blue originating in the
defensive half of the field is NOT a shootout restart.
There have been a number of incidents where players and
coaches want a shootout for want a shootout for a delayed
blue originating in the defensive half of the field.
PENALTIES ASSESSED AGAINST GK: To
minimize down time, the ref team needs be provocative in
administering a penalty against the GK. One of the field
refs should consider going to bench to facilitate the
substitute GK into position and sub in player uniform
into penalty box while his partner is reporting the
original GK penalty at the ref crease.
”Y” MISCONDUCT-DOUBLE:
Emotional reaction should normally be allowed. Loud
animated reactions by players running at referees or to
the referee’s crease using inappropriate language
crosses the line. Conceivably a player having been
assessed a misconduct penalty could be doubled if the
misconduct persists. Try to calm him down. Have your
partner intervene. Be aware of the number and nature of
previous player or team misconducts. Consider double
misconduct if the player does not stop. Discuss and
review with your crew at any stoppages or OTOs.
“Y” MISCONDUCT: Following a PP
penalty, the player in the penalty box kicked one of the
spare game balls onto the field. He was assessed an
additional “Y” for misconduct…and a
substitute was required to serve the PP portion of the
original penalty.
“Y” MISCONDUCT: During the
dead ball situation following a goal, a player came off
the bench to protest an alleged sub violation and ran to
ref crease, ignoring the “hand out stop sign”
from the AR. He was correctly assessed a “Y”
for dissent misconduct.
“Y” MISCONDUCT: “DIVING”…Properly
recognized as “simulation” in out door
directives. There is presently no specific penalty for
simulation (embellishment, diving) in MISL rules. Be
aware that some teams would try to sway your call in
their favor using this tactic. Address players guilty of
simulation and manage by talking to players when time
permits. Theoretically, it is a violation that could be
ruled under “general” unsporting conduct.
“Y” MISCONDUCT AT CONCLUSION OF GAME:
Following the final whistle, the coach and captain of the
loosing team went to the referee crease and visibly and
verbally berated the officials. Both were written up for
“Y” misconduct dissent.
“Y” MISCONDUCT TO BENCH PERSONNEL:
A towel was thrown from the bench out on the field and
landed at the referee’s. Neither referees on the
floor nor AR or 4th could ID the perpetrator. In this
situation, misconduct was issued against coach (Y5).
GOAL SCORED IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE BUZZER:
It is possible for a goal to be scored immediately prior
to the expiration of time at the end of a quarter …without
a kick off ensuing. Of course if there is time left on
the clock, the appropriate kick off should follow.
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