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Again here is the deal guys. I'm probably the least arrogant official any of you have ever known. I'm not territorial, I realize I don't know everything (yet) and am not afraid to lean on my veteran partners when need be, and I only truly care about getting it right. Further I'm everything that’s RIGHT about the future of officiating. I'm young enough to understand what players want from officials, I've coached enough to understand what coaches want from officials, and I'm far enough removed from playing and coaching (as well as mature enough) to realize what players and coaches want isn't always what they need (or what has to be done) from officials.
I used the example of the “hand fighting” violation for a reason. It was posted that A/D is a factor for fouls only and not violations (whether you call it A/D or enforcing the intent of the rule is merely semantics) and I disagree with that. To demonstrate I posted an example of a violation that occurs that we frequently ignore (a post person opposite of the ball with a toe on the lane stripe for 3+ seconds) and an example of something that isn’t really a violation at all that can be called one in the right circumstance.
Show me where in the rule book it prohibits a defensive player from screaming or counting to five loudly and quickly in the face of a player attempting to inbound the ball. Then show me an official who wouldn’t put a stop to that despite not having the justification to do so (spare me the unsportsmanlike T as that only applies to baiting and taunting).
Instead of discussing the matter or even attempting to figure out what I meant or where I was coming from some of you guys held a contest to see who’s rules-penis was bigger (which BTW is a fairly common occurrence around here). My response that it was a violation of the "I told you to knock that off" rule was not arrogant, or emotional at all reallly. It was merely a factual answer to a direct question.
Regardless I don’t think there is much I can accomplish by hanging out here. The little new information I’ve learned isn’t worth the time it takes to sort through the dozen or so daily posts promising free movie downloads, and most of the conversations here turn into a bunch of old ladies arguing about who cheated in bridge last Thursday.
As for me I’ll be fine. I’ve gone from working youth and JV games only 3 years ago to working a full season of varsity including 4 tournament games (2 boys and 2 girls) this year. I’ve got a handful of JV college dates on my schedule for next year, as well as 2 dates from a local juco. I’ve been invited to attend two college officiating camps by the respective guy’s that run them and assign officials for the local D2 and NAIA conferences in my general area. That tells me I must be doing something right, so I’ll just keep on keeping on.
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