[JRutledge]

I have seen many writers that are very responsible and very professional. And it was not very professional to write what he did without some game information that would have backed up even the slightest claim that the officials made mistakes. Even if he was right in some of his observations, it is not very good reporting not to back that up with some numbers or information that says something appeared to be wrong.

I will never forget an article that was written about a playoff game where the coach of the winning team accused the IHSA of basically setting up his team by the location of the game and the officials that were assigned. To make a long story short, the reporter properly quoted the coach but at the end showed the number of FTs shot and missed by this team. I thought it was brilliant because there was no brow beating about what happen in the game or the role of the officials in that game. It was a brilliant article.

Peace