What Should You Do About Bad Officiating

[SamIAm]

smurf,

Examin the situation in detail.
1) 95% of officials can not support themselves financially from officiating alone. Therefore, officiating is a part time hobby/job.
Ex. Players are supported by family or school, they practice daily, yet they still miss easy shots, make dumb passes, etc. Officials, cannot put in that kind of time to synchronize there views and abilities.

2)Officials are un-biased on their calls. You are not un-biased when watching your team. Funny how seldom we get postings saying someone else's team got screwed.

3)Two or Three officials cannot watch 5 match-ups at the same time. Try it yourself. Put ten kids in room, set the clock for 8 minutes, then report everything each kid does (bumps, touches, pushes).

4) In your post you have already been a bad official. You question the idea of allowing interpretation, yet you say "come on, the kids heart was in the right place." You have demonstrated in-consistency.


5) Parents, fans, and coaches need not do anything. Just watch the game, enjoy your teams good play, ignore their bad play and be glad someone officiated the game instead of you.

[REFVA]

In the summer you may be getting what we call "warm bodie".. I agree with SAMIAM. Parents will always be biased. We are always fast to post complaints, yet so many times you'll never hear great job. I have been fortuante to have heard it multiple times this summer season. What I ask of the officials I work with is consistency. What you call on one side call on the other. What that means is good communication..

[RonRef]

Originally Posted by REFVA

In the summer you may be getting what we call "warm bodie".. I agree with SAMIAM. Parents will always be biased. We are always fast to post complaints, yet so many times you'll never hear great job. I have been fortuante to have heard it multiple times this summer season. What I ask of the officials I work with is consistency. What you call on one side call on the other. What that means is good communication..

It also may just depend on who is scheduling the officials. I have been at AAU tournaments where the same two guys are working 10 games in a row (warm bodies for sure).