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Old Fri Jul 13, 2007, 02:15am
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Just one thing to add to that, and it's only my opinion also....

Maybe I'm lucky, but I have never met an official in any sport that deliberately missed a call or deliberately made a call to try and screw a team. I'd be naive also to say that it's never happened though, especially after reading about FU calls. I have heard some officials talk about it, but I've never seen them follow through.

Competency and integrity are two very separate and distinct attributes when it comes to officiating sports.
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