SEC officials

[Brian Watson]

Reffing is the easiest thing in the world to do....from the stands.

Hogfan, you need to grow some onions, take a class, then come run with us. I will put a dollar on the fact that the first time you work a game where there is an ignorant dad yelling 3 seconds on an inbound play, a coach wanting an "over-the-back (whatever the hell that is), or a player giving you attitude when you call a foul on him after he has chucked a player into the third row, you would not even be posting this garbage.

As an honest question, do you even know what is involved in being an official? Do you even have a concept of the time and effort we put in? I know, you think we probably just show up, collect our check and go home. You are dead wrong. We work out in the summer just like players. We attend camps to better ourselves. We take tests on a regular basis, attend (depending on your area) upwards of 6-10 or more meetings a year to cover rules, situations, and interpretations. We review tapes of ourselves, and in certain areas, others. We have evaluation done on us by the state or assignors. And this is just for MS and HS ball, the college guys can double or triple that effort. We don't do this for money, it is just for the love of the game.

It is easy to lob bombs at the SEC guys from your keyboard. But, I don't care how many of your fellow fans agree with you, you are wrong. I don't care if it is the saint mary's of the woods league, if it is college ball the officials are top notch, SEC included.

Sack up, take the challenge, earn your stripes, then come back and tell us how bad the SEC guys are. There is a huge shortage of officials because of people like you. Instead of contributing to the problem, be a solution. I am sure your local Middle Schools and rec leagues would love an extra hand to help out.

PS - After you tell us how bad SEC officials are then, we would also like to know exactly what your fellow fans think of your performance.