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Went to the regional semi finals UP here the last two nights and came home almost embarrassed to be an official. While some of the guys were pretty good, there were a couple that just stank: positioning, mechanics and judgement. Train wrecks were not called, while air fouls were. Travelling was called a number of times, apparently based on fan reaction, or something, because it sure didn't appear to be travelling from my position. The principle of verticallity apparently does not allways apply, nor does having initial guarding position mean anything unless one doesn't move his feet.
Officials are assigned based on ratings, or at least are supposed to be, which either means the assigning committee doesn't pay attention to ratings, or the coaches doing the ratings don't have a clue. Maybe, the ssigning committe just assings names they are familiar with, I just don't know.
All we can do, I guess, is keep on trying to bring and train officials into the game with a basis in understanding the rules and hope that somoe of these guys eventually retire
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