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Old Fri Mar 04, 2016, 03:13pm
Raymond Raymond is offline
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Originally Posted by HokiePaul View Post
If we are being fair, there is some truth to some of those statements.

For example, I tend to agree with this.

If I had the choice to do a game with 1 really good partner I trusted or 2 mediocre officials I didn't, I would choose the 1 really good partner.

In my opinion, 95% of the time having a 3rd official adds little to no value. The primary official can handle the on-ball action and the other official can see the rest of the action.

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I would say about 5% of my games don't need a 3rd official. 95% of the time it is definitely of value.
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