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Old Mon Dec 27, 2010, 06:28pm
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New refs come with an identifier
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Old Mon Dec 27, 2010, 09:24pm
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Agreed.
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New refs come with an identifier
... Flex belt hanging out of pant leg!
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... Flex belt hanging out of pant leg! :d
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Old Mon Dec 27, 2010, 07:32pm
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Just a thought. Would it help the crowd and rookie refs to have an identifier on their shirt that identifies them as newbies? Would all be more tolerant of potentially incorrect calls?
You're kiddin', right?
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Just a thought. Would it help the crowd and rookie refs to have an identifier on their shirt that identifies them as newbies? Would all be more tolerant of potentially incorrect calls?
Maybe they could wear pants with belts?
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Old Tue Dec 28, 2010, 11:26am
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My wife never has gone to any games I have officaited. My daughter has but only because she may know someone on the team or have friends at the particular school.

I don't really want my wife there - she would probably be the one yelling about bad calls
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Maybe they could wear pants with belts?
In some areas, that is acceptable. And when I lived in Maine, it was Maineiac. Welcome to the forum.
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Old Tue Dec 28, 2010, 09:44am
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Nice to have another Mainer on the forum. Welcome!

As for the OP, if you're ever in a department store, sometimes you see an employee marked "trainee." I always feel bad for those folks. I don't see the point of that kind of mark on someone. It's just saying "look at me" in a negative light.

What's just as crazy, IMO, is college hockey officials having to put their names on the back of their jerseys. Someday, someone will have to explain that one to me.
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Old Tue Dec 28, 2010, 10:01am
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Old Tue Dec 28, 2010, 10:14am
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Maybe they could wear pants with belts?
The belts can serve as "training wheels". Once you learn what you're doing, you earn the right to wear pants without belts. The belt gives everybody the reassurance the rookie's pants aren't going to fall in the middle of a game.
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Old Tue Dec 28, 2010, 10:25am
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Just to be safe
There's a "belt and suspenders" joke in here somewhere...
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Old Tue Dec 28, 2010, 10:48am
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Another identifier
I just thought of another thing that marks the rook: He's the one in the crew that brings his girlfriend!
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I just thought of another thing that marks the rook: He's the one in the crew that brings his girlfriend!
Perhaps. My wife enjoys going to my football and basketball games. She's been doing that since I was working baseball and she was my girlfriend.
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Old Tue Dec 28, 2010, 01:24pm
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The belts can serve as "training wheels". Once you learn what you're doing, you earn the right ...
... to go commando, and eventaully you earn the right to go pantless.
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