Ever do a game that is no fun?
I had a game tonight with a boy's program that is out of control. This coach has already caused the assigner to move several officials. My partner, who is white, called a foul for this team and the coach was upset because my partner called a non-shooting foul instead of a shooting foul. Yeah, he got the foul, just not the one he wanted. I'm table side, since we don't go tableside when we call fouls, and he says, "See that ref, that is just racist." The other team had a white head coach and two assistants. All of the kids on both teams were black. That was enough for me and I gave him what he earned. I don't think there is any place for this in high school sports. Besides all that, my partner has different nationalities in his family.
I just emailed my assigner and asked him to take me out of the game when I have this team again. It just isn't any fun doing their games and not worth the money.
Has anything like this happened to anyone else?
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