Ref Explains Advantage/Disadvantage

[jkjenning]

Originally Posted by mplagrow

Unfortunately, the players, coaches and spectators do not usually see the game from the same perspective as a referee. The referees are expected to make instantaneous decisions in the midst of an environment where everyone else tends to be extremely biased in their views and cannot see any other perspectives but their own. Too often, it seems, referees are labeled as "inconsistent" when, in fact, they may have done a marvelously "consistent" job of handling difficult decisions within the spirit and intent of the rules.

This was great!