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I am long past the game, I was over that the next day, what I am not past, is as a referee I am sick of watching crappy officiating. I expect alot more from our profession that what I witness on a weekly basis in the Big 12(womens). There are some great refs in the Big 12 and know 4 of them personally, but there plenty who are there, who should not be period. They are there because of gender,race or the system picking them. My pet peeve happens to be lack of common sense and understanding how to apply the rules not just as they are writtne but with the spirit included. marci weston's written response to the call says exactly that, a referee should be aware of what situations they are in because it does matter what time of the game it is. Go back and watch the films of both games I mentioned and tell me they were offciated well. You will not be able to. I am saying this should not happen at games at this high of a level. offciating should never be the center of attention after a or during a game and these two games it was and the commentaors were correct.
Something is wrong with the system that allows this to happen. Earlier in the year a lady ref called a Baylor player for stepping out of bounds, when the replay clearly shows they did not. I defended the ref to my friends because we have all at times been out of position to make calls, I did not defend the fact she called something she did not see, If you do not see it you do not call it, if you miss it becuase you did not see it I can live with that. She guessed and possibly impacted the outcome of a game at a critical time, not because she is not a good official but because she used poor judgment. I am passionate about getting it right and I am passionate about our fraternity who never admits when they are wrong. This prevents us from improving as an organzation and it is one of the biggest complaints the public has with officiating in general.
I will say it again get your ego out the way it is ok to be critized when it is deserved. It is just my opnion and I am sorry you want all refs to think alike and not show a displeasure in a poorly offciated game.
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