Dead Ball Officiating

[JRutledge]

It is funny you say all of that, but that was my overall take on the game. Dead ball officiating was not very good IMO. Many players talking and in each other's face.

And I think this is why you have to know something about the teams or use some common sense. These two schools in the 2A Championship game were so different socially and culturally it was not even funny. And many of the officials were not from places where they might have worked that kind of contest on a regular basis or more regular basis to put out little fires that might not have brought the attention to that contest. We have to know when a game has the potential to have conflict. Private vs. Public schools. Black community vs. White community. City vs. Rural. There were so many things that if you know anything about our state, that game had "problems" all over it and it was not addressed until it was too late. I learned a lot from watching that game and I know that will not be me without a fight.

Peace