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Old Sun Oct 30, 2011, 10:04pm
JRutledge JRutledge is offline
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Originally Posted by just another ref View Post
The part I find hard to believe is that these "influential" people are at all concerned by the the way middle school officials are dressed when they walk in the gym.
You may find it hard to believe, but officials are regular people too. People will sometimes veteran officials what they think about another official and not knowing where they saw them. I could tell several stories where the wrong impression was given by someone working a game where someone was simply watching their kid play and it did not always start when they first saw them on the court. I hear a new story almost every camp I attend about that very thing. If you find it hard to believe, do not believe it. All it takes is one time for the right or wrong person. It might not be the issue of how they come to the game, but it might be something else. People make judgments about us the minute we walk in the gym. Not many people walk into a school with a bag or black pants and black athletic shoes. I hope you do not think we are not spotted by folks coming in the door.

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