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Originally Posted by Brad

No one really knows, because when others have asked you sidestep their questions about your experience.

Because the second you talk about your experience here, there are people ready to shoot you down, saying you're not good enough, or you didn't make varsity or college ball fast enough.

I've grown weary of citing my experience as justification for my opinion. It seems that, too often, when someone gets tired of arguing the merits of a specific topic, they turn to "well how much experience do you have?" as a way to end the conversation.

The number of games someone has officiated, or the length of time it took someone to get to a certain level many times has very little to do with one's rules knowledge, or ability to handle stressful game situations.

I can understand and respect if that makes my opinion of less worth to you, but that's just the way things are.