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Old Thu Aug 03, 2006, 01:35pm
SamIAm SamIAm is offline
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smurf,

Examin the situation in detail.
1) 95% of officials can not support themselves financially from officiating alone. Therefore, officiating is a part time hobby/job.
Ex. Players are supported by family or school, they practice daily, yet they still miss easy shots, make dumb passes, etc. Officials, cannot put in that kind of time to synchronize there views and abilities.

2)Officials are un-biased on their calls. You are not un-biased when watching your team. Funny how seldom we get postings saying someone else's team got screwed.

3)Two or Three officials cannot watch 5 match-ups at the same time. Try it yourself. Put ten kids in room, set the clock for 8 minutes, then report everything each kid does (bumps, touches, pushes).

4) In your post you have already been a bad official. You question the idea of allowing interpretation, yet you say "come on, the kids heart was in the right place." You have demonstrated in-consistency.


5) Parents, fans, and coaches need not do anything. Just watch the game, enjoy your teams good play, ignore their bad play and be glad someone officiated the game instead of you.
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