+Hannah Marie are you an referee evaluator? What is your experience with this matter to make such a bold statement as this hmm?

+silencedknight I have played competitive beach volleyball for 4 years straight each year I was required to go to officiating classes in order to get certified. So, yes, I've been certified for 4 years and each year they strictly say that players are allowed to take the time to clean off their glasses (gear) with reasonable explanation as to why it's necessary. Him getting hit in the face is definitely a reasonable explanation. Thanks for the mild disrespect but maybe you should take the time to educate yourself on the rules? Happy to enlighten you (:

+Hannah Marie Hi, thank you in providing me with your experience, I haven't played myself, so I may not have that experience quite like yourself. Now someone said this clip was cut a little short so it seemed like the referee wanted to hurry it up without letting them clean their glasses. From this this is what I understood. This guy said he was here (he's in the comments below. - He took more than 12 seconds, completely understandable since he just got his in the face, so let the man clean the sun cream off his eyes no problem. - Duration of that took about 30 seconds, getting a little bit long, so it is to my understanding after 18 more seconds he did ask him to hurry it up Yes, I read the rule (16.1.3 delaying the game 12 seconds shall be the maximum time from the end of a rally to the whistle for service under normal playing conditions), mind you I am taking into consideration of him just being hit in the face. What took place after, it seemed like the referee asked him not to approach him after being issued that warning to hurry it up and was going to give him a yellow card if he continued making comments and approached him which he did. Of course, that's what happened and he was issued a yellow. Then warned them both to stop or face the consequences of a red, then were issued a red. What took place after that was another issue that I had, with watching the video and reading the rulebook. The referee granted a medical timeout period of 5 minutes. - 17.1.2 An injured/ill player is given a maximum of 5 minutes recovery time, one time in a match. The referee must authorize the properly accredited medical staff to enter the playing court to attend the player. Only the 1st referee may authorize a player to leave the playing area without penalty. When the treatment has been completed or if no treatment can be provided, play must resume. The 2nd referee will whistle and request the player to continue. At this time, only the player can judge whether he/she is fit to play. In my opinion based on only reading and observing the rulebook, the players not only were allowed 5 minutes to complain to the delegate (didn't see any injury just complaining). I feel like if it needed to be open up I think it should've been done through what it says in the rulebook in dealing with protests, but instead used a medical timeout which didn't seem inappropriate. 5.1.3.2 If the captain previously requested a Protest Protocol via the 1st referee and this has not been successfully resolved at the time of the occurrence, he/she has the right to confirm it as a formal written protest, recorded on the score sheet at the end of the match. 22.2.4 He/she shall not permit any discussion about his/her decisions. However, at the request of the captain, the 1st referee will give an explanation on the application or interpretation of the rules upon which he/she has based his/her decision. If the captain disagrees with the explanation and formally protests, the 1st referee must authorize the commencement of a Protest Protocol. 24.2.3.2 in the case of a protest, with the previous authorization of the 1st referee, writes or permits the captain concerned to write on the score sheet a statement on the incident being protested; Again, thank you, but no thank you. I'm glad you provided me with a mere 3 sentences and a seemingly superficial comeback. I don't think I will apologize for any disrespect towards you, as I feel like I didn't, but if you feel offended just remember, I'm a no-nothing about the sport, just been doing reading and watching videos out of curiosity. I am glad you are certified, it's always good to bring back to your sport, and if you do ref, good, it is always good to keep your rules sharp. Have a nice day.

+Hannah Marie I'm a volleyball ref, what I think happened there is that the ref did not see him hinting towards cleaning his glasses at first. Therefore, it probably seemed quite odd to him that the player just left the field, wouldn't you agree? and at first it was not even a delay warning, it was just a quick whistle, then the player got mad and did not even try to go to the ref in order to explain the situation, but instead displayed ignorance with the head shaking. Therefore, a delay warning was given and after that, he goes to argue with the ref. Therefore, a red card is given. If the player had been respectfull towards the ref, no red card would have been awarded.

+silencedknight This is outrageous behavior by the ref, by way I have played competitive volleyball for 25 years, coached, and refereed. The job of a ref is to make the match run smoothly, know the rules, and rule fairly. This ref failed miserably on all three skills.

I agree totally!

It's medical not medicul.... hahaha

R/whoosh

@@kanrai1381 10 years. I'm still here.

Craig Plummer the yellow was given for the delay, I believe for leaving the court to deal with his sunglasses without first securing the referee's consent.

It’s likely the ref is no longer on the court officiating-given the video is from 13 years ago at least!

Carlos Vieites wow is true?

He is doing his job, and he is doing it great. The player leaves the court with no permission, its yellow card, he is time wasting.

MGoose66 go away. in beach volleyball there is a rule that if you are hit with the ball in the face you can en may take time to clean your glasses. He was doing that for 15 seconds. In many games players use 1 minute or more for that. There was no need to whistle. The reaction was not smart, but the ref clearly let him profocate himself

Tom Jf If you need help with player and ref conduct requirements check out the FIVB website. It's all there in great detail . Where you're wrong is how the player did it - you can't just stroll off as you like. The ref, whilst correct, could certainly have handled it better. The rules of the game are VERY clear when it comes to sanctions for misconduct. Look them up.

+MGoose66 he did signal him you idiot, look after the ball hits him in the face he takes off the glasses and looks toward the ref

+Tom Jf I'm a volleyball ref, what I think happened there was that the ref did not see the player indicating towards cleaning his glases and after receiving a whistle, did not make any effort to explain to the ref that glasses had to be cleaned. Therefore, a delay warning was given.

+perry tran I'm a volleyball ref, what I think happened there was that the ref did not see the player indicating towards cleaning his glases and after receiving a whistle, did not make any effort to explain to the ref that glasses had to be cleaned. Therefore, a delay warning was given.