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Originally posted by Rich Ives
If players and coaches didn't lie and cheat there would be no need for umpires.
I think that's a chicken/egg problem.
A most of us know from our youth, pickup games don't have umpires and they work out OK. Adding an official transfers the responsibility.
As a Basketball player, I found that games with officials were rougher than games without officials because the foul call was then treated as "not my job" by the players.
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Then it wasn't a real basketball game. The more competative the game, the more guys you would have "not" calling the foul etc.,
If they don't call the foul that's because of bad officials, not simply the fact of "having officials"
That's like every year coaches who complain about three man vs two man in basketball. They are so afraid "more" will be called, when in fact with three man its been proven less is called but the game generally is cleaner.
Go figure.
Since its that time of the year, I give my yearly complaint of LL. I don't have a problem with LL, or any other baseball group, its just that LL makes a ton of money off of the LLWS hype and what comes of it?
Not much, things don't change, the leagues continue to cheat to get to the next level etc., and then everyone gives the same ole statement -
"but its for the kids"
Right! Its for the grown-ups and we all know it. LL just won't acknowledge that.
Thanks
David