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Originally Posted by BktBallRef
Call it stupid if you like but I'm not just a football/basketball official who's just saying it. I've worked volleyball. I've never made so much for doing so little. It's a piece of cake, it's boring as hell, it's stealing money. In my area, the guys who are are now in the 60's and 70's call volleyball. There's nothing to it.
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No matter how many people say it, it doesn't make it any less ignorant.
Everyone I've heard make that statement (and there have been many) are those who think it's easy because they are sorely lacking in the knowledge that it takes to be a good volleyball official. They call things that shouldn't be called, don't call things that should be called, and are so utterly ignorant on the current skills being demonstrated that they wind up having no clue what's going on out there.
If there was "nothing to it," then why do you think there are actually distinctions between good and bad
VB officials? Wouldn't all
VB officials be the same if there was "nothing to it?"
I'm sure there are guys in your area in their 60s and 70s doing ALL sports. Are those sports just as "easy" in your mind?
If you don't like reffing
VB, I can totally understand that. It's not a sport you can come in and understand. It takes work, sometimes years to understand some of the nuances...you know, if you actually care enough to work at the craft, as opposed to "stealing money." But to say it's an easy sport to ref is really laughable...especially at the higher levels.
Thanks for the hearty laugh.