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This whole scenario has me troubled. It is like the entire population thinks life is fair and we need to fix everything that is not perceived as fair.
Here is my take on this mentality when dealing with sports--Officials make mistakes. Players make mistakes. Coaches make mistakes. If the latter two err, it is considered a part of the game and life goes on. When officials make a mistake, it is like the world is coming to an end and we have to do something to fix it.
Officials are part of the contest. Without officials, the games are just scrimmages. I am sure my mistakes on the field are uncountable after 30 plus years. But at no time, have we ever replayed a game or even had an upheld protest.
We would be doing all the student athletes a big favor if we would tell them "Stuff happens in life. It isn't always fair but deal with it. Life doesn't have replays and neither do games."
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