Why does a referee wave off icing?
446699
The linesman thinks that the defensive team can get it before it gets to the end of the rink. I like that they have given the linesmen more leeway to not make that call. Speeds up the game...keeps the flow going.
1004793
It is not "umpire": it is a referee!\nEach match has different referees!\nHe/she is a person and can make mistakes like anyone else.
1059464
They do my friend. I have seen 2 matches which were stopped for the reasons u've stated above. One was in the premiership where the snow was falling thick, rendering visibility poor. so the match was called off. the other match involving rain, the pitch was too soggy for a good game. the match was at walking pace, so the match was rescheduled.
532423
It means to be the referee, or refereeing. To direct the game, u know, faul or not.\n\nThis is the dictionary definition which has nothing to do with the sports meaning: \n\n    The purchase of securities on one market for immediate resale on another market in order to profit from a price discrepancy.\n\n\n\nWOW that's nice, copy my answer you imature jerk.
1025720
Those who say that the fourth official determines the stoppage time are incorrect.  The 4th official merely indicates to the public (using his board) the amount of time the referee has decided to add on.\n\nFIFA Law 7 states that the referee acts as timekeeper and must add on time to compensate for time lost through injury, substitution, time wasting, or any other cause.
1175231
it can be a sending off offence if the ref sees it clearly
1019469
Its not stupid, its a necessary rule, just like a handball call, that takes away the advantage of cheating (yes a handball and a offsides is cheating because it gives the other team the unfair advantage.)
1011441
They are part of a team called off-ice officials...and during the playoffs they are from another city other than the city being represented by the teams competing in that particulr game. There is an official scorer, an official timekeeper and penalty box "attendants". These attendants are in place to ensure that the penalized player gets back on to the ice at the correct time. They open the door to the penalty box so players can enter and then leave the box. They are also responsible for ensuring water and towels are in the box for the players to use if they're penalized
329503
The ref will make a fist and bring it over his head and swing it downwards to signify the ball went in. The whistle obviously means that the play is dead and in which case he will give the foul to the score keepers.
58448
Under a strict interpretation of the rules: yes, you are right.\n\nBut since rules mean only what they are interpreted to mean, and players play knowing the prevailing interpretation: no, because officials allow that extra step.
1002265
Yes the referee is part of the game. It happened to me once when I refereeing a U13 game. The ball was kicked hard at me and tried to move away but it knocked off of me. It then went to an attacker and he scored a goal. The defending team complained but I told them I am as much a part of the game as them.
1027505
Make it an offence to gesture to the referee, encouraging him to show a card to an opposing player. I hate this habit in the game! I'd also advocate the use of television match officials, much like in rugby.
670660
I hate basketball officiating, but that could just be because everytime someone breathes on the guy with the ball it is a foul. These guys are professional athletes, they can handle it. Let them play the freakin' game!
970239
You are dealing with part time officials who get very poor training and the pressure goes up in the playoffs causing them to blunder in a larger scale.\n\nSimply put, they likely make the same errors in the regular season, but the plays don't matter as much and their not under as much of a microscope.\n\nIs a ref favouring one team over another, for any reason...I doubt it.  Sometimes they get their back up when a player accuses them of such and the player's b!tching causes the ref to call against them...vicious circle, IMO, specifically in the case of the Argos.
1044074
Maybe the referee just got confused between 2 and 3.
131696
It comes down to how much curl there is happening. Players know that the rock curls most for a guard, and the least for a peel. So, they judge how close it is to hitting the rock or going in the right place. So if they want it to stay straight or speed up, they call for them to sweep, and if they don't, then they hold them off.
1099382
It may simply be luck of the draw.  There are no American referees either, but there are Russian refs, Mexican refs, some refs from Uruguay, etc.  Not all of the refs are European, so it's merely a "luck" thing.