Sports Illustrated meets Ted Valentine

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From Seth Davis column:
" These July events aren't just for coaches and players. Many of the events also simultaneously conduct referee clinics for different leagues. The Peach Jam served as a clinic for the SEC and invited some of its top officials to teach the aspiring zebras the finer points of reffing. I must say it was somewhat comical to see Ted Valentine, a very well-respected ref who has one of the shortest fuses in the sport, yuk it up with many of the coaches with whom he does battle during the course of a season. I had never met Valentine and, after needling me for harshly criticizing him after he ejected Texas coach Rick Barnes in the waning moments of his 2004 Sweet 16 game against Xavier, he told me his biggest complaint is the way the NCAA insists officials enforce the coaches' box guidelines during the tournament much more strictly than they do during the season.

"If a guy is coaching his team and isn't interfering with what I'm doing, I couldn't care less where he stands," Valentine said.
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