officials? well, i think it s always been a problem. i just think it s more intense these days. coming out of covid, there seems to be a lot more up tense city, you know, and we have seen a tremendous drop in the number of our officials from the precovid season to now which is impacting the kids ability to play the games. pete: you say it s gotten more intense and ultimately you have officials saying i m out. in fact, in some instances after one period of a hockey game and after one, they are supposed to be re f ing thousand how do you change this. it s the approach. we need officials in order to play games. hockey is a growing sport. it s growing in all areas of the country. our participation numbers are up. our officials numbers are down. so that becomes a problem. the problem we have had so far in season blacked out games because we don t have enough officials to officiate the games.
just made. interesting list of things, people can go out and check out the complete list. go to first read, it s updated daily. log on to first read.msnbc.com. with hours of counting down, we re just a day away from team usa taking on ghana at the world cup in south africa. for a thrilling victory over algeria, the americans advanced in one of the world s most popular, if not the most popular sporting event. joining me now brandi chastain. somer not football is the most popular sport in the world and i hope this helps seeing the men s team kick butt early on here, i m talking trash. soccer is the number one sport just in terms of participation numbers and fans by far.