Youth sports referees are quitting in droves due to a toxic combination of abuse from coaches and parents, low salaries, and COVID-19
, youth sports officials have had to deal with chaos on and off the field, on top of low pay for years.referees are leaving youth sports at such a quick pace that it could lead to a disastrous shortage of officials this coming fall"There were so many referees quitting at an alarming rate before corona.
, with Illinois losing 11% of high school referees in the 2018-2019 soccer season even as the number of young soccer players increases., an app for paying officials, coaches and event staff, said referees rarely earn a living from officiating, and most become officials to to earn extra money and stay connected to the game they love.
Barlow said the drop in referees is already having a negative effect, as games are getting cancelled and fewer referees officiate each game. "You have to get those fouls," Laurie Jordan of the Inter-Athletic Council of Officials, told the Chicago Tribune."We don't want any players hurt or knocked out of the game. We don't want the possibility of concussions. When the game moves that much faster, the officials have to move that much faster, and it becomes very difficult."
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