Thread: "pet-peeve"
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Old Thu Feb 14, 2008, 07:09pm
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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
Feature this - last night I'm getting ready to administer an inbound when my partner puts his hand up to wait. After about 5 seconds, he puts it down and I proceed. At the end of the quarter, I asked him why the holdup? He said he was watching "some hot babe in tight pants walk up the bleachers"!

I wasn't mad, just a little upset that he didn't point her out to me.

BTW - this guy is in his 5th year, I think.
It takes a few years before an official is experienced enough to be able to relax and really take in all the atmosphere of the game site.
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