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Officials never "cost" anyone a game. We might make erroneous calls every now and then, but it's up to the players to win or lose their own contest.
Doesn't a volleyball game take 15 points to win? And 2 out of 3 games? What happened to the other 14 points? Every single time the "losing" team had an opportunity to score a point, the referee killed the play? That's like saying, it's the official's fault that the coin was flipped "heads" when the "losing" Captain clearly said "tails". All we officials have control over is our interpretation of rules and what we choose to call; if we have control over who wins or who loses . . . it takes a whole lot more intensity on our part. And would probably cost the "winning" team a whole lot more money.
Jerry
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