I'll bite BBallCoach. Only because we had a letter to the editor in our student newspaper this week on the subject. I'll respond here the same way I did for the paper. The subject here is more directed at high school and below where the letter this week was more toward college and pro. But they speak to the same thing. Everyone, officials included, is accountable to someone. Here in Indiana, it is the coach and AD who hire officials. In other states, it is the association that assigns officials. The NFL this past season fines Tom White's crew half of thier game fee for improperly handling the clock in the Baltimore/Seattle game. The officials on the BYU/New Mexico game were penalized for the way the game was handled.
Fans are fans. If you support a team, you are unhappy when things go against your team. I still get unhappy with calls against the teams I pull for, I just don't get quite as vocal as I once did. I also look at things more subjectively. As long as a fan doesn't get vulger, I really don't care.
Your statement was "why shouldn't the public be aware when an official has screwed up and been punished. Aren't you public workers that the community taxes pay for?" I don't really even want to get into where the money we get comes from. But if your contention is that the public has a right to know these things because they pay fees, then shouldn't they also be alerted to when you or your players make mistakes. Instead of telling that a player has been suspended for breaking team rules, tell that he got caught using drugs. Or maybe we should have the paper print your yearly evaluation and salary. Shouldn't I as a tax payer know that my taxes are being put to good use?
My last comment is that I'm curious just how good your team is. If you spend half as much time coaching as you do writing in here, the state title must be on your mantle.
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