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Originally posted by RookieDude
Why?
Why agree with a fanboy? What possible benefit is it to agree that your fellow official got it wrong?
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First of all my fraternization is usually with my wife and/or the parents of the kids in my wife's class (she teaches most of the kids on the school's 7th/8th grade team). So I'm not just there blabbing with Joe Schmoe, saying "Oh look at what he did wrong!"
Second, I don't discuss judgment, block/charge, whether a travel was "missed", etc. Usually when I go to those games, people ask me what the rule is on some play, and I tell them (and the official's are usually right!).
Third, in answering your question, I guess I would ask "Why not?" What harm does it do to admit that you saw the player's foot on the line, just like your fellow ticket-holders. You're not "selling out" the official, especially if you give a legitimate reason for why s/he might have missed it. I would simply rather be honest, and say, "yup, he missed the toe on the line" than lie and say "well, he had a better angle", when everybody knows he doesn't.
Just my opinion. And again, I am in no way endorsing or condoning yelling at an official from the stands. I'm strictly talking about conversation among friends here.