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Old Sun Feb 23, 2003, 02:40pm
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
Do not give a damn!!
 
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Thumbs up Good one Chuck.

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Originally posted by ChuckElias

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The best referees know that within each black-and-white rule of the game there are a million shades of gray. It's easy to make a call that is technically correct but in the context of the game completely unfair. They are judges rendering a hundred verdicts a night, each after a split-second deliberation, so they must know ahead of time who they're dealing with and what their tendencies are. It requires an ultrasensitive feel for the game's rhythms and personalities, yet the thickest of skins to remain oblivious to inane accusations, whether they come from Riles or Rasheed or Ralph in Section 46.


One of the best quotes right there.

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