Players complaining to me more than other officials

[RedAndWhiteRef]

Originally Posted by SD Referee

There are observers for college intramural games? These games are a starting point/stepping stone for doing real games that matter?

Wow!!!!!!!! You learn something new every day. It's amazing how different things are in different parts of the country.

Around here, intramurals are done by other college students. Some guys that want to get into reffing might do some rec league or junior high volunteer type games. There are no observers at ANY of these events.

This is where I got my start too. Makes high schoolers super easy to deal with. If you can deal with frat boys, a bunch of 16-17 year olds are tame by comparison.

We had evaluators, who were other more experienced officials in the student officiating program. They were a mixed bag--some were clearly just there for beer money, while others took it seriously and a few actually did high school ball while still in college.

Keep whacking 'em. It's those people who have to change, not you.