[DownTownTonyBrown]

But here is my point... at least the one to which you took offense.

If you don't have a strong sense of good sportsmanship you won't make a good, impartial official.

Quoted from bushref:
"playin this team that we just hated. They could never beat us and it just pissed em off. Well, one day we were playin, and there had been some pretty hard fouls. So one of the refs says, with about 3-4 minutes left in the game, "One more hard foul, and we're calling the game right where it is." Well, we were up by about 3-4 if I remember correctly, and they get a break away. My brother catches up and just slams the dude to the floor. Game over, and because we were ahead at that point. We won."

If you feel there is a group of people that you "just hate," you're not gonna make a good official because there will be teams that you will be officiating that you just hate/don't like... etc. You couldn't possibly be impartial.

If you feel it is cool to "piss 'em off," you're not gonna be a good official. They are going to feel your lack of impartiality.

If you are participating as a player in a game where the referee feels compelled to say "One more hard foul, and we're calling the game right where it is," then I would say you do not show good sportsmanship and do not show respect for authority. If you don't have respect for authority, then people will not show respect for you, when you are in the authority position of being the game official.

If you think it is acceptable, to the point of bragging about your "best ever story" of how your brother committed a violent, flagrant foul, and instead of being immediately ejected (and possibly having the close game being forfeited), he emerges victorious cheering with you of how you "pissed 'em off" again, then I can't see how you would ever be a good official for a highly contested game. How would you rule on a similar situation where you were the official? You thought it was okay here, during your game.

Your braggadocio style displays more about you than you may think. Does Bushref possibly equate with bush league?

So I'm still willing to bet your officiating isn't much better than your sportsmanship.

I didn't write this as personal effrontery to you. I feel that ANYONE who has this kind of attitude needs to change, and change drastically, before they could possibly function as an impartial official.

Maybe I'm all wet and you are a Division I official, but I'm guessing NOT.