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Old Mon Jan 12, 2004, 12:13am
SMEngmann SMEngmann is offline
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My only question would be: how did you know that the opposing coach's son was one of the refs? This is the main reason why referees should not accept games in which they have a real or perceived conflict of interest. For all I know, the referees called a strong game and your husband for some reason (maybe not enough: "over the back" or "three seconds" called "both ways") felt slighted. If I had to guess what happened given my dealings with coaches and my basic knowledge of the situation, your husband probably got too loud and earned the first T, then, out of frustration, mentioned the family connection, buying him his 2nd T. Obviously I wasn't there and the officiating easily could have been horrible. In that case, bite your tongue, get the officials' names and the name of the assignor and lodge a complaint. This is not an excuse for being ejected (I'm sure that's the last thing the ref wanted to do in this type of awkward game).
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