Shaking hands, Part II.

[Adam]

This is why we just get off the court when the game is over. This post-game glad handing has no benefit.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Adam

This is why we just get off the court when the game is over. This post-game glad handing has no benefit.

Adam:

I agree with you that shaking hands with the players can be a problem and I like to get out of Dodge as quickly as possible. But....

I can remember a time in the early days of women's college basketball: the early 1970s, and after the game all of the players and both head coaches (there were no such things as assistant coaches back then) would line up to shake the hands with both officials and tell them for officiating their came, . Can you see a head coach today telling an official that. ROTFLMTO!!

MTD, Sr.

[Player989random]

I ref soccer in the spring and fall, and I avoid the post-game handshakes completely. I've had a coaches try and chew me out after the game. Most don't, but the occasional sore loser isn't worth the risk.

From a personal stand point, there ain't nothing more two-faced than a guy saying "Great Job" after complaining after every call for 90 minutes.

The key part is at 1:19. Even professional refs deal with it.



I think the "Why" is the more important part. This year the soccer assignors don't have enough bodies to throw at the games since more and more kids don't want to ref anymore.