Should new refs have a identifier?

[Bad Zebra]

Originally Posted by TheBest

Just a thought. Would it help the crowd and rookie refs to have an identifier on their shirt that identifies them as newbies?

No.

Originally Posted by TheBest

Would all be more tolerant of potentially incorrect calls?

H E L L no. Every coach would use it as an excuse as to why they lost the game that any rookie was working. IMO, I believe it would cause most coaches to behave WORSE because they knew a rookie would be less likely to ring them up.

[Welpe]

Originally Posted by Bad Zebra

N
H E L L no. Every coach would use it as an excuse as to why they lost the game that any rookie was working. IMO, I believe it would cause most coaches to behave WORSE because they knew a rookie would be less likely to ring them up.

Not only that, but can you imagine the coaches wanting to scream at the rookie's partner everytime there is a call "Help him out!!"

Horrible idea all around.