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Two points that Floyd makes jump out at me. "a slow white guy gets the call more than an athletic black kid." What are we supposed to do with the athletic white kids and the slow black kids? How do we treat them? No different than the slow white kid and the athletic black kid. When it comes to calling a game, the only color that matters is the color of the uniforms.
"Things like the carry, the jump-stop travel, the hand check -- those slow down the athletic player," Floyd said. Those slow down every player. Why? Because they are violations of the rule and should be penalized accordingly.
One thing that makes me chuckle is when they talk about the amount of training, or lack thereof, officials receive. Officials in Seattle "attend a weekly two-hour session for eight to 10 weeks." That's 16-20 more hours of training than officials in Idaho receive. I'd feel much better about working with a first-year official I've never worked with if I knew they've had at least 16 hours of training under their belt.
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"Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated.
It satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect.
It is at the same time rewarding and maddening-it is without
a doubt the greatest game mankind has ever invented."
Arnold Palmer
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