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Originally posted by theboys
Hey, CSF.
Its interesting you mention - "fans insinuating favoritism". The first time I heard that thought mentioned here on the board, my first thought was, "wow, I'd never thought of it that way."
I don't know about other coaches/fans, but, rather than think a ref is favoring a team, I see it more as trying to convince the ref that his judgment regarding contact isn't the same.
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Actually, I do think it's a case of fans thinking we are somehow favoring the other team over theirs. That's the only explanation (in their minds) as to why we clearly missed that call, or so obviously made that call against their team and didn't make the same call against the other team. Now, I'm not saying all fans think that way, or that the ones that do, think that way all the time. But it is in our nature to come up with a good conspiracy theory when we don't fully understand something. There's JFK and the grassy knoll, or the new world order and the silent, black helicopters, right? Well, most fans don't understand the rules (really?
), so in their mind it COULDN'T BE that their little Johnny or Susie actually committed that foul. It must be because the officials, who do know the game (that's why they get paid so much, right?), somehow are screwing their team. I think most of us, as officials, understand this; that's why we tend to ignore fans. Anything we can do to communicate and educate can help.