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Old Mon Feb 19, 2007, 08:53am
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This game was not being called correctly. I note this with some certainty as I was sitting near three licensed officials who were themselves appalled with the calls to the point of vocalizing corrections and suggestions to the court officials.

Your three licensed officials should be reprimanded. First and second year officials have no business vocalizing their discontent with the court officials. Anyone with more experience would know better.
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Our coach tried to take the thirty seconds he was entitled to at that point when the official stated that this was "Not a NCAA game". The official was told that the tournament was being run according to a specific rule book that noted a team has thirty seconds after a member fouls out to make changes. He was completely unaware that the tournament was following that book.
This is just a guess, but I'm guessing these were NCAA refs doing a high school game. It happens [shrug]
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What recourse does a spectator have?
None
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Official protests will be filed, but what can a parent do?
Pull your kid out of the game. That's it.
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I understand that the officials are human and make mistakes, but this same official made calls that “robed” another team of a win according to the same three officials I noted earlier.
My guess is these three officials don't know what the he!! they're talking about.
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