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Originally Posted by rockyroad
I would agree with the part of this statement dealing with rules knowledge - many times newer officials are "in the books" way more than some of the experienced officials.
But the last part of this statement is just silly...of course the number of games one has worked will have something to do with their ability to handle situations that come up in games. The more a ref has "been there, done that" the easier weird situations are to deal with.
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On top of that, I can't remember when I see situations like this happen in a preliminary game. The varsity game is "the game that counts" in many areas and when there are situations that show up on YouTube it's invariably the varsity game or the college game that's there.