[M&M Guy]

Ooh, I was able to reply to the thread so it's not locked yet. Maybe they want one last shot of intellectual honesty and spiritual beauty before they lock it for good.

(I've been studiously avoiding the baseball thread because I didn't want to comment on my Cubbies. That would certainly lock that thread for good.)

Anyway, back to the issue at hand - I would prefer the clinician would've stepped in and corrected the mistake, then reamed the officials afterward. I understand the reasoning of letting them do the game, and waiting to critique, but the teams have also spent money to be there, so they have every right to expect the game to be officiated fairly. The teams should also know the officiating situation going in from the organizer - some camps use rec-league refs, some combine the camp with an officials' training camp, some use local HS refs, etc. If the teams know this is also a training camp for officials, they would understand the clinician stepping in and getting the mess straightened out.