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Originally Posted by gojeremy
JRutledge. Thanks for the insight about philosophy. I had never thought about that before so thanks for the advice and that is something I will work on when I start working games. I have a question about mechanics though. My friend who is a veteran official told me recently that an official can have the worst mechanics in the world as long as he/she gets the call correct. I debated him a little on this issue, because my theory is that good mechanics will help convince player/coach that the correct call was made. Also, here is another silly question but do you guys prefer to be called refs or officials?
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Official is an all encompassing term...as technically speaking, in a NFHS/NCAA game there's a referee and 1/2 umpires and in an NBA game, there's the crew chief and the two referees.
In reality, it doesn't matter.
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Chaos isn't a pit. Chaos is a ladder. Many who try to climb it fail and never get to try again. The fall breaks them. And some, given a chance to climb, they refuse. They cling to the realm, or the gods, or love. Illusions.
Only the ladder is real. The climb is all there is.
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