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Old Sun Dec 16, 2007, 01:15pm
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Originally Posted by blindzebra
Had a fellow official do it at a camp where games were going on two courts about 5 feet apart, player went for a loose ball slid into his court and took him out...the first thing to hit the floor was the back of his head. Skull fracture, brain swelling, surgery, and a week in ICU followed. It was six months before he could go back to his regular job and over a year before he reffed again.
That should be the only post needed to tell anyone how stupid backpedaling is.
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