Players and coaches walk around thinking they have the god damn given right to say what they want when they want... IT'S WRONG.
And its funny, because everyone's opinion about who is a good ref and a bad ref is pretty scattered.
As a ref, you can be someones best friend, even on court... but as soon as you make a call on these players these days, those players become your worst enemy.
Who's responsible, the league and everyone in it that thinks a coach can ring up someone and demand that they don't have a particular referee call their game anymore, or a player that has the right to tell a referee to f*** off when told to leave a stadium for a good reason and then turns around and says... I only said it because I was caught in the emotion of the game too much and that must be considered.
PEOPLE GET BLOODY REAL.
Referee's are humans - and its a hard bloody job.
Funny, those that winge at refs the most are the ones that back down when given the opportunity to put a whistle in their mouth and show us how its done.
Sure, there are times when a ref is wrong.... I tell you what... the average error rate on most games from any one official is generally 3-6 calls (or non-calls). The average error rate from players, is generally 3-6 (turnovers alone)..then think of the dumb move to the hoop that gets in the way of the isolated player or the, or the guy that forgets the offence, or the guy that forgets that the defence is extended after a score.
PEOPLE - EVERYONE GET OVER IT.
NO ONE PERSON HAS THE GOD GIVEN RIGHT TO SAY ANYONE IS THE LESSER EVIL.
SO MOVE ON!!!
FOCUS ON WHAT YOU CAN DO TO MAKE OUR SPORTING COMMUNITY BETTER...
and maybe we will get refs back, and maybe we will get the decent players back that have left for football. Maybe we will get better administrators and sponsors etc etc.
Its all about the environment we build.
IF WE BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME!!!
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THINK BEFORE YOU ACT AT YOUR NEXT GAME - and do it for the good of your game!
