Does officiating make you watch less sports?

[kylejt]

Originally Posted by UMP45

Being a sports official has taught me not to "bash" my brothers in other sports!

See, I'm the opposite. I find it quite easy to smash basketball and football officials. They take so much grief from coaches, that us baseball umpires would eject for in a heartbeat, I've lost all respect for them. They allow themselves to be hollered for an entire game, yet we don't. I don't get that.

One my "favorite" things is to go watch a HS basketball game, and time how long it would take for me to EJ a coach. Most of the time, they wouldn't last five minutes.

But I don't focus on officials anymore, nor do watch any less sports. I am watching more college, and less pro stuff, though. After my own games, I do come home a flip on the end of a Padres tilt. (I love to suffer. I guess why I usually volunteer to do the plate, and root for the hapless Friars).