[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Retrozetti

... not once have I lowered myself to name-calling nor throwing insults, not once.

Originally Posted by Retrozetti

2. You severely tarnish the trust given to the officials by the sporting administration and schools/clubs. YOUR lack of desire to enforce the printed rules makes ALL OF US look bad. Can you think of a basketball official in the news lately?

Originally Posted by Retrozetti

As an official opting to ignore definite faults that cause an "absolute unfair advantage" to the attacking team, he is failing at his duties, cheating the players of a fairly officiated match, and defying his officiating oath. Scrapper cannot be defended

Originally Posted by Retrozetti

I'm serious when I say that you need to either change your attitude or hang up your whistle.

Perhaps you roll differently in Aurora, IL, but from my perspective I find the comments quoted above to be quite insulting. Comparing Scrapper to Tim Donaghy? Are you serious?

You seem surprised that nobody has stepped up to support your message. I think you're misreading the situation. Many have posted helpful encouragement and suggestions that are completely in agreement with your message. But nobody wants to be associated with your tone.

But since you seem to need actual "you were right" validation, let me be the first to say:

Retrozetti (Michael) has a point, illegal back-row attacks need to be called.

I must say one other statement you made speaks volumes to me:

Originally Posted by Retrozetti

There are officials that bust their butt to try and do their best, and then there are those that have posted on other officiating boards here that say "if you want to take up another sport, officiate volleyball, it's easy money."

I was part of that discussion. Some very serious volleyball guys did their best to convince the basketball guys that volleyball is harder. They were not well received by some. That really seems to have stuck in your craw. Are you sure you haven't automatically assumed that Scrapper is an "easy money" man simply because he's a basketball ref?