Tonight's news had a bit about a Calgary U-17 player who was told by a Langley Tournament ref that he must remove his turban (in addition to any jewelry, etc). Apparently he swore at the ref during the disagreement, was told to leave the field and his teammates backed him up and defaulted the game.
The news report even went so far as to interview one of the tournament organizers who actually supported the ref by referring to a FIFA rule regarding wearing anything not directly related to a soccer uniform.
Should be in the paper (The Province) tommorrow.
Is this not the most absurd call in recent BC soccer? For God's sake, it's a U-17 tournament game -- how can a turban be dangerous to other players. And what rule was this organizer referring to?
It seems to me that this organizer was just blindly backing up a bad (and morally confused) ref without getting his facts straight first. Speaking of which, I'll be interested to hear more about this incident tomorrow and from anyone else who may have been there.
~Gettingthefactsstraightpiecebypiece.
P.S. On related matter, perhaps the kid's parents should also have a word to the boy about swearing at a ref, adult, and authority figure (regardless of the ref's idiocy or not).
The news report even went so far as to interview one of the tournament organizers who actually supported the ref by referring to a FIFA rule regarding wearing anything not directly related to a soccer uniform.
Should be in the paper (The Province) tommorrow.
Is this not the most absurd call in recent BC soccer? For God's sake, it's a U-17 tournament game -- how can a turban be dangerous to other players. And what rule was this organizer referring to?
It seems to me that this organizer was just blindly backing up a bad (and morally confused) ref without getting his facts straight first. Speaking of which, I'll be interested to hear more about this incident tomorrow and from anyone else who may have been there.
~Gettingthefactsstraightpiecebypiece.
P.S. On related matter, perhaps the kid's parents should also have a word to the boy about swearing at a ref, adult, and authority figure (regardless of the ref's idiocy or not).