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[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by GoodwillRef

JRut,

Don't you also think the old boys systems is still around because the old boys have a lot of the games to assign? Those who have games have the power!

Maybe you work in a different system, but I am a President of an organization and I have no power as to who works and does not work games for anyone. All I can do is give my opinion on individuals that work in a couple of camps I am associated with and all that does is maybe we pass along some information if I am asked. And the people in my area that assign have to be impressed by the individual, not by me or anyone else in a similar position. And I did not hear that these two veterans were in a position to change the outcome of someone's career.

Originally Posted by GoodwillRef

I assign a summer league in our area and we like to treat it just like the regular season. IMO too many guys let summer games get too rough and then all hell breaks loose and they wonder why that happen...it doesn't happen during the regular season.

I seriously doubt you treat it the same, because I doubt the participants treat it the same. In other words I doubt seriously that you have the same media coverage for summer games as you would during the regular season. Which probably means if a team wins a tournament or plays in a league, I doubt that there are banners hung up for those accomplishments or championships.

Also summer is probably the place where guys are working with people and teams they would likely not see during the winter. I am not talking about letting it get rough; I am talking about the ramifications for mistakes. Summer is the time to make a lot of them as the outcome is not going to be perceived the same.

I just think we should not over play this interaction. It was an interesting play that should have been handled differently in my opinion. But that does not mean that if some questions were asked the person's career would be over because they were talking about a play. Veterans that care talk about plays all the time to get better. And maybe if the right question was raised (like JeffPea suggested) then it might have been a teaching moment for all officials.

Peace