Becoming a soccer referee costs $170 and includes the classes and a uniform kit with two shirts, shorts, socks, whistle, flags and other necessities, says Marty Foeppel, recruitment director for ...

The SC referee shortage is most striking in youth soccer, baseball and basketball, where spectators sit within feet of the action and hold officials, who are often young and inexperienced, to ...

Youth leagues facing major umpire, referee shortages amid aggression from parents, coaches 04:07. RAMSEY, N.J. (CBS) -- Youth leagues across the country are facing major umpire and referee shortages.

Lory Rawlinson had just finished umpiring a Dixie Youth Baseball game in Florence when an unknown man grabbed him by the shirt and threw him up against a chain-link fence.

Lory Rawlinson had just finished umpiring a Dixie Youth Baseball game in Florence when an unknown man grabbed him by the shirt and threw him up against a chain-link fence.