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Old Wed Feb 08, 2006, 09:40am
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An analogy to consider.

Referee's represent a certain authority on the basketball floor. We have our responsibilities to call violations fairly, clearly and to the best of our abilities.

Others in society have a similiar role.

So lets say a "refferee working " coach is on the team bus and its pulled over by a peace officer for not clearing an intersection after a red light.

Would you want your children on the bus to hear:
"Thats a incredibaly stupid call Officer"
"Thats rediculious, it was the other guy"
"What are you stopping us for, look at everybody else"
"Go watch that intersection and leave us alone"
"Your killing me, this is just stupid"
"I'm calling your captain tonight and reporting just how incompetent you are"
'why don't you go catch some real criminals?"
.... or worse.

I don't want to overly compare refereeing a simple HS sporting contest with the respect due to police officers everywhere - but I do raise the question: "Would you want your children hearing that?

What would their reaction be?
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