Crew suspended...

[Steve M]

Originally Posted by LLPA13UmpDan

To me, judgement calls are not punishable offenses, just like MLB. However, if they messed up a rule call, thats different.

As officials move up the food chain, more is required at each level - with rules expertise, mechanics, and judgement. Remember that.
Officials can get away with things in a little league or rec level game that would get just as quick & maybe more severe "punishmnet" in a high school game.
Officials can get away with things in a high school game that would get just as quick & maybe more sever "punishment" in a college game. And there are different levels within college games - they call them divisions - and what is OK in a D3 game may not be in a D1 game.
As officials move up, more is required. If I do not meet the requirements, I might get away with it, but I would expect to hear about "what happened, why didn't I meet those requirements!?".

You'll learn this if you progress, Dan.

[LLPA13UmpDan]

almost all calls in football are judgement. what the official sees. You make punish an official over a judgement call, you are not very smart. Officials make descisions based on what they see. Human eyes can only see so muchs, and the human brain can only process that at a certain speed. Just like one MLB umpire once said, "If they replace us with robots, you know what would happen, they'd smash it every time it ruled against them." Very true in all sports. In football they could just tackle it When doing baseball, will you ever here from your assignor? "You missed that last call. It was about 1" below the knees. You are not working anymore games for awhile, as it caused that team to lose. You also missed that play at home, his foot got to the bag at the exact same time the he was tug." NO! People can only do so much, if you expect more then human capability, you must not be human.

[Mountaineer]

OK, not only do I officiate softball and basketball, I coached HS basketball 15 years. As a coach, I never, ever blamed an official for a loss. The bottom line is that Oregon scored TWO times and Oklahoma had a field goal attempt at the end of the game and it was blocked. There is no way, IMO, you can pin this loss on the officials. Did they miss the call? Absolutely. Now, maybe I don't understand exactly how NCAA football uses the replay, but I thought there was one guy in the booth looking at the monitor and the referee on the field is just on a head set. How can the officials on the field get canned for a guy up in the booth?

Anyway, my thoughts are they should not be suspended. Bottom line is that Oklahoma lost the game - the officials did not loose it for them.