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So, guys live in fear of having your assignments taken away or having future assignments taken away every game. D1 officials just live in fear every game then, of the possibly having to enforce certain situations that might upset the coach. That's really a great way to officiate. And I suppose officials are proud of themselves for this. What does this say about officiating. Sell your soul to the devil. Absolutely no intestinal fortitude. What does this say to people wanting to get into officiating?

Even that old Referee piece on Ted Valentine was a joke. Neither Ted nor anyone else had the fortitude to take care of the situation. And these guys are looked on like God's. Why. The first guy calls the T and then another guy calls the next one. Sure, who wants to call the 2nd one that gets the coach ejected. Everyone rushes to call the 1st one and then question his partner's intestinal fortitude for not calling the 2nd one, even though, if that is the way they handle it (the no intestinal fortitude way) then the 2nd one should be given by the other partners. However, it should "all" be taken care of by oneself when it was that bad and obvious from the article.

Thanks JR for having the intestinal fortitude for telling it like it is at the college level. Unfortunately, it looks to me like that has filtered down to the lower levels as well. I do not see how anyone can have any self-respect or be respected by others when they cannot call intentional fouls when they occur or enforce bench decorum as it should be enforced.