Better to know or not?

[Terrapins Fan]

Originally Posted by bc7

So I've been reading and listening to different things online about the Dwight Howard should he, or shouldn't he be suspended? A lot of people are talking about if it would have been Dalembert who threw the elbow as opposed to receiving it that he would have been both ejected, and suspended, instead of just suspended. (Remember, the elbow happened in the first quarter so it would have been like being suspended for nearly 2 games.)

My question is this: when working high school games, is it better for you as an official to know who the "star players" are or not?

I personally think that I would rather not know who is the "star" coming in, and let the results on the floor speak for themselves.

Thoughts?

I am with you 100%. I prefer not to know. Because we only officiate at about 15 high schools, we get to know the players fairly quick. I was once assigned to one school 21 times during the season. Now that's 3 levels of basketball and both girls and boys. Still that's a lot at one school.