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Originally Posted by fiasco
Because the second you talk about your experience here, there are people ready to shoot you down, saying you're not good enough, or you didn't make varsity or college ball fast enough.
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If I am not correct you are working in your first year of varsity and only have 8 years of experience. I can conclude from that you have not been the "man" in many of those games with officials that have more experience than one year varsity experience. So directly or indirectly that matters as I have very few times seen a guy with your experience have an understanding of multiple aspects of the game yet. There are always an All-Star around, but that does not mean that is very common in the officiating world, usually you need a little more seasoning to get that full understanding and even when you get that, you know that there are others that have experienced things you have not. The more I do this, the more I realize what more I need to know about a game to prevent problems.
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Originally Posted by fiasco
The number of games someone has officiated, or the length of time it took someone to get to a certain level many times has very little to do with one's rules knowledge, or ability to handle stressful game situations.
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I think you are totally wrong on this front and here is why. Many rules situations are not learned until you experience them. And the more experience you have the less you worry about certain things taking place. When I started there were things I though of that now I laugh that I even worried about. Also rules knowledge also involves knowing what the rule changed from and why it changed. Many of the things we talk about here have been discussed by rules bodies or state interpreters ten times over and that adds to understanding how the game is to be called or how and when certain rules apply. You cannot read that out of the book and understand why a rule was changed or what the intent might be. And some can work more games at higher levels during the off-season than just what you do in real games.
Peace