Looking Young

[Rcichon]

Give it all a rest for a moment.

I've been officiating for twelve straight years, UIC for the last three, been to and conducted numerous clinics.

I can call a game at any position with a fair knowledge of what it is I am responsible to do and call. Even with all of that, most members of this group far outweigh my knowledge and experience level. Yours too, that's why you consulted them as I do.

I come here for the things I do not know that I should know. So do you.

Like every piece of advice anyone offers you: take the advice and use it for what it is worth. If you consider yourself a student of officiating, [as in always learning] you will find value in every piece of advice given you.

When you seek counsel from your peers and then criticize that very counsel, you betray yourself.

[piaa_ump]

Sorry if I sound cold hearted today, but my friend, you just have to get over it.........descrimination is a part of life........especially in officiating...and Im not saying its right, but if you have been an umpire for any period of time you will have to have seen some of it in action........

How you deal with it is what separates you from the rest...........in sports officiating to have some descrimination come your way you only have to be too short, too fat,too skinny, have facial hair, glasses, long hair, short hair, no hair, an accent, too old, too young, be female, be white, black or asian, be new to officiating, be a long time vet of officiating.......

The one constant thing about descrimination in sports officiating is that it does not descriminate...........depending on who is doing the evaluation, no one is 100% immune.........

what can you do?........do the best you can. The rest will take care of it self........If a TD or league does not want me, I will not lose one game over it........there are plenty of games to go around.