Fan Ejected

[Rich]

Originally Posted by deecee

So can unicorns but I'm not holding my breath. Usually if an official works a game they do a decent job. I am more apt to see officials at higher levels not call "game changing" fouls late in games for the sake of "game management" than at lower level games.

Usually poor officials do poor jobs and vice versa. Let's not kid ourselves but I could probably do a 7th grade game standing still at half court. Most of these games call themselves.

Funny you mention that. I was watching my kid play on Saturday (5th grader) and I turned to my wife and said, "I could call a better game sitting here in the bleachers." I was completely serious, too.

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Originally Posted by Rich

Funny you mention that. I was watching my kid play on Saturday (5th grader) and I turned to my wife and said, "I could call a better game sitting here in the bleachers." I was completely serious, too.

So...when you aren't calling the game you just become another one of those spectators bashing the officials to other spectators.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BatteryPowered

So...when you aren't calling the game you just become another one of those spectators bashing the officials to other spectators.

If you consider me quietly whispering to my wife than yes, yes I am.

But they were equally awful both ways, so who really cares?

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Originally Posted by Rich

If you consider me quietly whispering to my wife than yes, yes I am.

But they were equally awful both ways, so who really cares?

At least they were consistent

Just giving you a hard time.

I suspect we have all been in the stands at games and thought "Oh my...really?" about the one wearing the odd looking shirts.

[#olderthanilook]

Originally Posted by BatteryPowered

At least they were consistent

Just giving you a hard time.

I suspect we have all been in the stands at games and thought "Oh my...really?" about the one wearing the odd looking shirts.

Guilty.

But, I keep my mouth shut during those sub varsity games. Instead of whispering to my wife, I just give her that glance...that look...and she knows what I'm thinking about the officiating/situation.

We're human...and proud parents.

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Originally Posted by #olderthanilook

Guilty.

But, I keep my mouth shut during those sub varsity games. Instead of whispering to my wife, I just give her that glance...that look...and she knows what I'm thinking about the officiating/situation.

We're human...and proud parents.

What is really bad is if someone else knows you are an official and ask (basically) "What the hell was that?" I usually just fall back on "They were right there and had a good look. Our perspective up here is completely different."

[#olderthanilook]

Originally Posted by BatteryPowered

What is really bad is if someone else knows you are an official and ask (basically) "What the hell was that?" I usually just fall back on "They were right there and had a good look. Our perspective up here is completely different."

Yep. Same.

[WhistlesAndStripes]

Originally Posted by Rich

And yet they don't donate the cash they "earn" back to the program, do they?

This past weekend, I attended a fundraiser put on by one of our local high schools to support the basketball program. $20 a plate gets you a great Hawaiian dinner and Luau. My wife and I attended at a cost of $40. I ran into one of my fellow officials at the Luau, and he said, "Don't think of this as a $40 date, think of it as a temporary loan to the program."