Columnist's tantrum- would you respond?

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I guess it's probably not worth a reply, but I will anyway...

First, it sounds like a case of sour grapes. Just because he has 3 instance of where his team was 'hurt' by the officials, it does not mean the officiating was patently bad.

Second, was he on the field for all of this? How does he know what was communicated between officials, players, etc. My experience is that coaches/players exaggerate comments in the post game to paint officials in the worst light possible.

Finally, it would take more money to train officials. Where would this money come from? The schools. Is he, and everyone else out there, willing to pay higher taxes to spend money on training officials? Not saying we should not spend more time/money/resources on training, just that it will cost money that is not there. Plus, in addition to his full time "job" (which appears to be writing libelous articles), would he willing/able to spend the time in officials training?