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Originally posted by mick
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SpeedyGonGoalie,
We put our knowledge on the block every game.
We deal with your suggested "blah, blah" every game.
What's the difference? The environment, ... as a protagonist in an educational, close and non-confrontational setting.
mick
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I have no problem with the setting of the talk, I have a problem with what people tend to with the knowledge they recieve. If it meant people had a better understanding of how a referee views a game, and approached being a fan or coach differently, then fine. My problem is here you have people who learn the rules, and are being told my a referee how he/she (and only him or her) views a game. They are not learning the self-control, the ability to look at a game unbiasedly (although many officials do not learn that as well). They then think that they have some sort of authority and right to question you. I understand that officials have to deal with disagreement every game, but now you're having the other party believe, with justification (in their mind) that they know better. This would work better if there was a way to explain to people "We've taught you something things here, and we expect that they are not used against us, because that's not our purpose here. Our purpose to give you a better understand of how and why we do what we do."
Wed Feb 23, 2005, 12:21pm
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