How Many of You...

[Rich]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I think it's because people who don't referee basketball assume that it's no harder than reffing football or baseball or whatever they happen to officiate. Basketball is BY FAR the hardest sport that I've ever officiated. People who officiate a different sport probably just think "how hard can it be" and assume that we all just do a bad job. (And yes, I just crapped on every non-basketball official in the world! )

I think too many one-sport people elevate their own sport to an underserved level of difficulty.

I work baseball and football along with basketball. All sports have their challenges. The hardest TASK I have is working the plate in a baseball game. The hardest ruleset to keep up with, for me, is football (I'm a white hat).

Basketball is the most running.