Okay, those three plays from the Super Bowl....

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Originally posted by carolinaRRREF

Look at the original post of this thread. It's trying to prove the situation. My opinion is this "proof" is slanted because of bias of the officials in this forum.

I haven't tried to prove anything. I'm stating my opinions. Just because I'm new to the forum doesn't make my opinions invalid. Neither does my having an opinion different than yours.

This is why you are a poor excuse for an official. You have an idea and are unwilling to hear any other sides. You defend another official's work because everybody else in the world is coming down on them, and you get defensive.

The Super Bowl was officiated poorly. You think it wasn't because you're a poor excuse for an official.

Whether I am a good official or a bad official is for other people to decide. I do know that I attend two clinics every single year. One is a college camp where Dave Parry attends and speaks and many of the Big Ten officials teach (also MAC and Gateway guys as well). There is also a guy that gives a presentation about the NFL at this camp. He shows NFL training tapes and goes into great detail as to what the NFL does in their training and the philosophies that they use. As a matter of fact, a NFL Back Judge gave a presentation on "Pass Interference" who is also a member of an association I belong to and showed NFL Official's evaluation tapes on what is OPI and DPI. Anyone can attend this camp it is held in Naperville, Illinois every July and it is called the Central Officials Football Clinic. I have attended for about 4 years now.

I teach at another clinic where some of the best officials in the state train officials. Officials much better than me teach what to do as a football official and I am fortunate to be apart of that group. Most officials are either State Final officials or they have extensive experience and work deep into the playoffs. I do not have the same background that everyone has, but I did work further than most in the playoffs last year. I also have two guys on my regular HS football crew that worked a State Finals. As well as teaching football officiating, I listen to officials that have been places I have yet to go. At this clinic that I am referring to, it is considered the best football clinic in the state by the state officials that regularly attend.

Now I do not work any college ball and I do not claim to be a great official. I have worked with some of the best officials in the state and I belong to an association where the teachers you can watch many nationally covered games, these are the guys that come to our meetings and teach the rest of us. We currently have 4 Big Ten Crew Chiefs that regularly come back (one is the Arena League Supervisor) and train the officials in this association. Four Big Ten Technical Advisors were members when they officiated in the Big Ten. BTW, Jerry Markbriet is also a former member and speaks to our organization yearly.

I am bombarded with philosophies, rules and mechanics by some officials that you only read about or see on TV. When many of our guys work a nationally covered game, they come back and talk about the situations and the way to make calls and handle players and coaches. You can think whatever about me, but much of what I am saying here is based on what I have had the opportunity to talk to the people and know the people that are at this level. I am not just dealing with an "opinion" I am dealing with people that rub work at that level and teach the lowly officials like myself what to do and not to do.

As Over and Back said, you do not know me and you certainly do not know anyone here. There was a clinic held in Detroit surrounding the Super Bowl, I know both people mentioned personally as the teachers of that clinic. You do not know who comes here or what they have done. I am just a blip on the screen, but I can tell you do not know much about officiating if all you can say is an "opinion" and that is supposed to be factual. I can guarantee you that this game will be featured on some level at the CFO Clinic in July and many of the plays will be used for training purposes. I will trust their word over some guy that uses a funny name on a discussion board.

Peace