Originally Posted by Corndog89
And as JRut said, "If people want to find a conflict, they will." When I officiated in Hawaii and a close call would go against a visiting mainland team, it wasn't unusual to get a local favoritism/home cooking comment from the visitors. In my southern drawl, my response was always, "Hey, I'm from Tennessee," and it stopped those comments every time.
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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
Yup, instead they now said "Oh, that's why you screwed up."  |
Most visiting teams were from the west coast so I'm not even sure they understood me...certainly most of the Hawaiian kids didn't.