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"'Any kind of behavior that's negative toward officials is disappointing,' Cox said. 'We have a difficult time retaining officials and getting new ones, and those numbers are not going to grow when we have incidents like this.'"
That about sums up my thoughts right there.
Interestingly, the one place that I have observed and felt the least racial bias anywhere in society is in the officials' dressing room.
My guess is that when Mr. Cox and his staff run their numbers on minority basketball officials in Indiana, the ratio will largely mirror the ratio of minority officials assigned in the state tournament. If it doesn't, then we'll have to have two discussions: 1) The state tournament assigning process, and 2) the recruiting and retention of minority officials as compared to the whole.
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