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Originally Posted by RedKingGold
I would love to know how many people bitching about the officiating in this thread have experience as a Division I official in a national championship tournament. 
It was a heat of the moment call, and the refs did the right thing letting it play out. |
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Originally Posted by adubroff
This is all well and good, most referrees couldn't do my job well. Few, if any of them, could drive a racecar or perform surgery. However, I think an expectation of a high level of accuracy from the top referees in the sport is not that much to ask.
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Perfect response to one of my personal pet peeve sports cliches. Just because I don't ref basketball doesn't mean I can't critique it. And I sure as hell don't have to be able to do better than them to comment on their ability when compared to other officials. Similarly, I don't have to be better than Ryan Leaf to know he sucked or that Johan Santana is good, for instance.
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