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Old Wed Jul 15, 2009, 03:16pm
Mark Padgett Mark Padgett is offline
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Originally Posted by fiasco View Post
I'm just saying that I've never looked at officiating as an opportunity to train players. That's the coaches' jobs.
I had a game last fall in a "competitive" MS league. I was working a 6th grade girls game and made a five second closely guarded call. The coach went nuts and yelled at me, "How are they supposed to know about that rule? They're only in 6th grade."

I looked at him and said, "Most teams have something that teaches their players the rules. It's called a coach. I think you can buy them at Wal-Mart. I'm sure you know where that is, since you apparently buy your clothes there."

He wasn't happy but my partner cracked up.
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