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[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by BktBallRef

Officials who get 95 on their exam don't miss those types of calls because they know the rules.

Only officials who don't know the rules and are only worried about how they look miss thos types of calls.

It depends on HOW the person got the 95. In IL, the part 1 test is take-home, open book. Too many officials just show up at the association meeting where the test is discussed, write down the correct answers and turn in the test. They score high, but they don't learn anything.

Too, (to Rut's point) many officials don't know how to read the book. They just look for the test statement in the book -- if they find it, the answer is true, if not the answer is false. They don't visualize the play being discussed so they can recognize it on the floor.

And, finally, like MP's partner -- the official too often gets positive reinforcement for making the wrong call and negative reinforcement for making the right call. IT doesn't take much of this to make a rookie official start to make wrong calls.