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I don't think it makes a tremendous difference. I began working baseball and football over the past few years. I gave up playing both long ago, but it doesn't seem to have an effect as an official. I think there are cases where officials that didn't play the game lack some understanding, but on the other hand, I've worked with officials that were players and coaches that still looked at the game through the eyes of a player or coach. This can be as much a problem or more.
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