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I ref both basketball and lacrosse and have officiated many games in which the visiting team came from out of state or from a different area of the state. My experience is that the visiting team always thinks the game is called tighter, regardless of where it's from. Only once in 10 years has a coach or fan from the visiting team said to me that we did a better job than their local officials. I have no idea why, but I just think that being unfamiliar with EVERYTHING makes a visiting team feel that everything is against them.
I would treat such comments the same way you treat the comments of fans in your own area. Ignore them.
Chuck
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