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Originally posted by Bad Zebra
On top of making calls for plays that you can't possibly see, it sets a bad precedent...pretty soon the league thinks they can get by paying one young, gullible official for youth games.
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None of the A.D.'s, coaches or league directors that I know would ever try to save money by having only one official on a game. Even the more ignorant ones know it's an impossible job.
That being said, there probably aren't many of us who haven't had to ref solo at least once in their careers. I think I had it happen a couple times... once for a JV boys game in my second year of officiating. I just told the coaches before the game, "guys, this is an impossible job. I'll do the best I can but I'm going to miss even more than I usually do." They laughed and were very understanding during the game. In fact, they never said boo.
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