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Last night I worked with a guy for the first time. He's a seven year vet. Before the game he told me he didn't like the fact that one of the teams had a player wearing number 13 because every time he calls a lot of fouls on a player wearing that number it brings him (the ref, not the player) "bad luck".
Of course, I thought he was just kidding but he swore he was serious. He said things such as falling down during the game, having a flat tire on the way home and finding his car "keyed" in the parking lot were just a few of the things that have happened to him when he has done this. Being someone who doesn't believe in this nonsense, it was hard for me even to keep a straight face, but I asked him if these things happened only when he called "a lot of fouls" on a number 13 and never any other time, including when he called "a lot of fouls" on a different number. I also asked him how many fouls is "a lot". He stammered a little and just shrugged his shoulders. I then asked him what happened when both teams had number 13's. If he called a "lot of fouls" on both, did he get "double bad luck" or did it cancel itself out? Again, he just shrugged. I left it at that, thinking this guy is a nut job and made a mental note to see if it affected how he called the game. It wasn't a factor because the kid wearing 13 was a sub and only played a few minutes. I did call one foul on him, but that was the only time he deserved one. BTW - nothing bad happened to me on the way home, but maybe that's because I live only a few minutes from the school. Anyone ever hear anything even remotely like this before? I'm still thinking about it. Hey - maybe he can appeal to the NF to get 13 declared an illegal number! I should have suggested that to him. ![]()
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Wasn't there a thread just a couple weeks ago looking for rule change suggestions? I think this is a good one for that thread.
Could use the justification that many tall buildings skip from the 12th floor to the 14th floor as well, for superstitious reasons.
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Mark: Come on Mark, you know I have been officiating longer that seven years. More like 37 years. ![]() MTD, Sr.
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