Count the goal?

[Todd VandenAkker]

Originally posted by Brian Watson
I have been told more than once that I must not be a good official because I have to read the rules.

That's the most ridiculous thing I've heard in a long time. I don't know about you, but I think I could predict fairly close which "veteran" officials in my association rarely read, let alone study, the rules any more. Their ignorance either shows in what they say, or in what they DON'T say because they often don't want to risk an opinion lest they be wrong.