Whenever I get into a discussion of the role of the official, I always remember the words of Ed Hightower: "Be in control of the game without controlling the game." When you start changing your calls based on the score of the game, then you are controlling the game. That's flat out wrong.
It is not our job to level the playing field. Believe it or not, it is our job to make sure the best team wins. I know that sounds odd to some of you, but think of it this way - if you call the game consistently from beginning to end, if you apply advantage/disadvantage properly, if you call the game according to the rules and if you make the calls the same way for both teams - then the best team will win. And guess what? They're supposed to win. That's their reward for playing the best. And, if we do our job properly, that's what will happen.
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Yom HaShoah
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