KY Referee Squabble - Outta Control

[irefky]

I agree, both officials need to accept a punishment. No matter what was said, there was a reaction. We would treat it the same way in a sporting event, cause and reaction, both penalized.

A poster mentioned earlier what would this black official do if he was called a "boy" by a coach...

Well, what would an overweight official do if a coach called him a fat---?

I don't know either official, it is just embarrassing to me because I am an official in Kentucky. Believe, me when a coach called me a SOB several times a few years ago, I had a reaction, was it inappropriate, sure, but a human response. I hate that it happened, but it did....

Hope the KBOA officials can work through this because I am sure they will be issues next year. I just hope they can be mature and re-set their goals as men, community leaders.

In my association, we have only one black official, he's great, no problems, we all love him. KBOA is a much larger official association in Louisville that has more black officials, not sure how many. I just hate to see them split, segregate, that would just be a slap in the face of humanity.

Just remember, color is not blind, it is there, we all see it. It's the stupid things we think or say that make it stick out. God Bless