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Originally Posted by Refsmitty
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Agree with the gist of the article, except for the emphasis placed on the suggestion part of the problem is officials are not making a lot of money and officiating is not usually their "day job".
If officials were full time, salaried employees making bushels of money, idiots in the stands would still be idiots, only very likely louder and more obnoxious (consider NFL, NBA, MLB games). I submit, the increase in stupid behavior, is not because there are more idiots (alone) but because a lot more people tolerate and pay attention to idiots behaving badly, and they are often celebrated, or highlighted, by media.
There once was a time when rational spectators watching the game would be likely to suggest a "fan" making a fool out of themselves to knock it off.
Fri Feb 17, 2017, 10:26am
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