I think it is perfectly all right to have fellow officials meet in the locker room after a game. This is a good time to discuss game situations while they are fresh in everybody's mind. (Of course it is always nice to meet at the local watering hole afterward to discuss the game also.)
Now, if you are a younger official and going into a Veteran's locker room:
Don't go into the locker room to embarass the officials that did the game. If you have a question about a call, keep it to yourself unless they ask you how you saw it. Then maybe say you saw it a little differently "up" where you were at.
If you have a question regarding a rule, you might ask them about the situation. If you disagree, politely say that you thought it was such and such and that you would look it up later. Don't get into a big argument about it...even if you are right you won't come across well to the Vets.
Chuck, I don't know about you...but there have been times in my career that I have missed a call. The last thing I want in the locker room after the game is some fresh faced new guy telling me how I blew it. We can talk about it sure...but to come in telling me "you are wrong" isn't politically correct around these parts.
Also, Just another ref, watch yourself while you are sitting in the stands watching a game. People will look to you to see your reactions to different calls. Try to stay neutral. I wouldn't suggest saying "They blew it" to fans around you. Heck, someday you might actually blow a call...do you want your peers sitting in the stands telling everybody about it? Do you want the Vets to know you are in the stands telling people how they are "blowing it"?
Just a little food for thought.
RD
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