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JRut -- there comes a time when you have to do what you believe in or put your tail between your legs and keep going the way you were.
Since I dont officiate as my career if I had to put what I believe up against officiating -- well its been fun but the stripes will have to be hung.
Telling my assignor that I do not agree with what happened and I do not want to officiate the game because I feel strongly against how the refs got railroaded, should count for something. If my assignor says do this game or you are done working for me -- well so long chappy its been real. This is black and white - kid was suspended, coach and kid whine to the courts, court overturn a RULE in OUR sport that we are here to uphold. What's fair? where does the line get drawn? the sad thing is if I were to turn this game back there would be 100's of officials just clammoring at the chance to work the game.
I have seen officials complain about "where will the line gets drawn" and when it comes to them then easily step over it. As much as we say we stand behind other officials, the reality is, we do not -- I have worked with so many guys that just cant wait to bad mouth other officials -- that act nice in front of these so called officials they dont like then just stab that knife in their back when they arent looking. WE DONT HAVE OUR OWN BACKS so like the saying "Its for the kids" (which I completely disagree with) -- I also disagree that officials REALLY have other officials backs -- its easy to say but I have seen time and time again officials jump at the chance to screw a fellow official over.
If its different where you work then you are in the promised land of officiating -- no back stabbing, no real support when sh!t hits the fan, to be able to trust everyone that wears the stripes.
One thing I will note is that I have worked with many officials as well that are not what I have described above -- these guys usually have a few things in common -- they have lots of self-confidence, they have put in their time and have made it to a pretty high level pretty fast (D3-D1 even NBA) and they dont always tell me WHAT I want to hear -- the guy that can tell me hey from what I saw you kicked that call becaus of XYZ -- I respect so much more that when I hear you had a perfect game. Because I KNOW i have NEVER had and NEVER will HAVE a perfect game where 100% of the calls are correct. Inherently we will make a mistake during a game (albeit small usually) we are not perfect. But we are catty...[rant off]
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