Way Of Champions Podcast

This week’s podcast guest is Brian Barlow, Oklahoma father and soccer referee Brian Barlow. On his facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/youreoffside/, Barlow calls out parents who are caught on tape displaying poor sportsmanship and offers $100 to people who submit the videos to bring attention to the pervasive problem of parents acting badly at youth sport games.   Whether you agree with the shaming of this behavior or not, we can all agree that sideline behavior of fans is a big problem and is the leading cause to the shortage of refs in all sports.    Other Highlights from the Discussion: The percentages of first year refs not coming back for the second year is dropping rapidly Kids who ref are terrified of the parents and that is not helpful Brian discusses why he started https://www.facebook.com/youreoffside/ How far have some fans actually taken a perceived bad call? Is shaming parents the best way to help the situation? If not, is there a better way? Why are clubs so afraid of holding f