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Old Wed Sep 07, 2016, 09:26pm
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We are getting ready to start our basketball referee classes and we have an applicant who has been a parent of 5 athletes over the last 14 years. And he has done nothing but berate the officials year after year after year...
That idiocy stops, with the vast majority, once they've been trained and have experienced the other side of things. Many in various associations can attest to this. I can, too. In fact, I don't think I'd have been welcomed into the local officials association where I once served as a coach. But now......
Give him/her a chance. You might be delighted.
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