Referee Administrative Handbook - US
Soccer.pdf
USSF Supplemental
Report.doc1) USSF provides a specific process for dealing with cases of referee abuse and/or assualt. It is found on pages 46-47 of the Referee Administrative Handbook.
2) All referee assualts should be reported to James Wheeler, the Michigan Referee Assault/Abuse Coordinator:
James Wheeler
16371 Timberview Drive
Clinton Township, MI 48036
Home Phone (586) 226-2678
Cell Phone (586) 306-2346
Work Phone (586) 755-1300
Home e-mail: wheelerfamily@wideopenwest.com
Work e-mail: jwheeler@novatroncorp.com
3) The SYRA and SRA should be included on all materials submitted for assault and abuse. Their contact infomation can be found here.
4) You will need to submit a supplemental report.
Referee Assault - Additional USSF Protocol
The day of the incident (do NOT wait until the next day!), call the current GLASRA President. Type up a supplemental game report. Provide detail of the incident. For outdoor USSF games, write a summary and include it as a Supplement Game Report that you mail back to the league, in addition to the contacts listed above. Your written report should be brief, informative, accurate, professional and completely devoid of all emotion ("just the facts"). It may be hard to do, but keep your reports as factual and unemotional as possible. If you do so, the appropriate persons will be better able to take the proper disciplinary action. Please ask your assistant referees to write their own reports based on their own points-of-view.
Referee Assault - Additional High School Protocol
There is a special report form to file. These forms are available from either the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) or the GLASRA President. These are the same forms normally used to report player or coach ejections. In the next day's mail, mail the written report to the school and to the MHSAA. Call the MHSAA and ask for Tom Minter. Advise Tom of the incident, and tell him your written report is in the mail. They may ask you to fax the report to them... do so if you can. Call the school principal or athletic director on the telephone and report the incident.
Referee Assault - Additional Information
NOTE ... You have the right to seek both criminal and civil charges if you believe the incident is serious enough. Consult your attorney. GLASRA Policy (effective 6/20/00) - The GLASRA Executive Board will advise all GLASRA members about assaults that occur against its members. Further, the Board will consider, on a case-by-case basis, offering financial help (upon request and in an amount determined by the Board), in support of civil actions filed by the assaulted GLASRA member.