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Originally posted by zebraman
Who do you think writes those articles Rut? Yep, referees...maybe some of the same ones who come here. I've even been quoted in a couple of them.
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I will remember that referees can say something and all referees have to agree with them. That is great logic Z
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Originally posted by zebraman
Yeah, but that search engine isn't the one making claims with no basis. So you can just say anything you want and when you get called on it you just say, "it's on the internet somewhere." Yeah, that's fair.
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Why is it not fair. I never pointed out a specific person. But here you are trying to defend something you claim did not happen. Interesting.
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Originally posted by zebraman
Here in Washington State, you only have to get 70% on the NFHS written test and it's open book. If you can't do that, I completely agree that you have no business officiating. It would do a disservice to the players and coaches to not have better rule knowledge than that. In fact, I think 70% is way too low.
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Well in the Land of Lincoln you have to have an 80 out of 100 to pass the test for a basic requirement. It is an open book test. We go over it in groups and for those that get lower scores, no one holds it against them or loses assignments because one official got a 80 and another recieved a 95. And the only time it seems to be an issue with us, is when someone got a 95 and we are trying to figure out which ones that person go wrong. And it seems like every year they throw out 3 questions because of the wording was incomplete or did not make sense. So at the end of the day, these test mean very little to those officiting.
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Originally posted by zebraman
True, but I think most of us will either back up a claim we make or else say, "my bad."
Z
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I do not think you understand what an opinion is. It is not based on word for word facts, it is based on the interpretations behind things as well. If we were to debate the war, we would not all be given proven facts to back up whatever position we stand by. We would be giving information that "we" interpret as factual or what we see the issues are about. This is not different. And the fact that individuals like yourself keep trying to defend something, suggest that you are taking issue with my comments personally. If not, you would have let it go.
Peace