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Most humans process ~1/2 ounce of pure alcohol per hour. 1 shot of liquor, 1 beer, 5 oz wine each have ~1/2 ounce of alcohol. So depending on what time the drink(s) were consumed in relation to tip off time there may be absolutely no alcohol remaining in the blood stream.
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This whole thread has gotten silly.
Bottom line, don't officiate drunk. And if a partner shows up obviously hammered, I'm guessing most of us are going to agree that a few questions should be asked/suggestions made regarding his/her going ahead with the game. It's doing nobody a favor - not you, not your drunk partner, not the kids - if you just let him/her wander his/her drunk self out there. So, put me in the camp of saying something/doing something if someone is noticeably impaired...regardless of the reason. |
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![]() If someone else can tell they've been drinking, they've clearly had too much to be working a game. They may have had too much to be working with a level less than "detectably drunk", but that is a different point.
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Owner/Developer of RefTown.com Commissioner, Portland Basketball Officials Association Last edited by Camron Rust; Tue Feb 16, 2010 at 11:47am. |
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Interesting and Timely Thread for Me......
Last Friday (VB) I worked with a very senior official. During pre-game/post-game we talked about a great many subjects. He asked me about my year, about my upcoming games/partners, etc.
When I told him about my Sunday, 11th/12th Grade Rec schedule, he told me to let him know if my partner had been drinking as it was "noticed" last time they were together. He said to watch and see if he's chewing a lot of gum. Sunday roles around, 1230 game, my P is there....and he's chewing gum. The smell of alcohol was "barely noiticeable to me" and, IMO, didn't affect his game. If I wasn't told to be on the lookout for it, I wouldn't have noticed and would have thought the barely detectable odor was mouthwash. I didn't say anything and don't intend to. To be quite honest, this official is very senior to me and if there was an issue, I'm not quite sure what I personally would have done.
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