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Old Wed Mar 11, 2015, 01:46pm
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Old Wed Mar 11, 2015, 02:01pm
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Solid points. A lot of stuff that are what I call discriminators. Officials who know how to properly apply these concepts rise above the crowd.
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Old Wed Mar 11, 2015, 02:43pm
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They forgot the first rule of officiating.
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Old Wed Mar 11, 2015, 03:54pm
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I'm assuming you're referring to the "Avoid OT like the plague" rule or is it the one that says we can't talk about certain things?
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Old Wed Mar 11, 2015, 03:55pm
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They forgot the first rule of officiating.
If there really is a God, new Forum members will not ask Mark Padgett what the first rule of officiating is.
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Old Wed Mar 11, 2015, 03:57pm
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I'm assuming you're referring to the "Avoid OT like the plague" rule.
You are 100% correct. Now move along. There's nothing more to see here folks.
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Old Wed Mar 11, 2015, 04:13pm
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If there really is a God, new Forum members will not ask Mark Padgett what the first rule of officiating is.
That rule's important for me when I work football, but the lanyard is never that long in a basketball game.
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Old Wed Mar 11, 2015, 04:15pm
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Shouldn't it be titled Rules that use to be unwritten?
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Old Thu Mar 12, 2015, 02:09am
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Go sans-lanyard and you can forget about rule 1
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Old Thu Mar 12, 2015, 02:51am
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FYI for the newbies, avoiding OT at all costs is the 2nd rule.
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Old Thu Mar 12, 2015, 06:01am
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Old News.

"(This feature was published in the 6/13 issue of Referee Magazine.)"
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