Being a ref doesnt qualify you for anything other than, ""being a ref"" There are huge disparities in the quality of refereeing, I find it distressing when there are judgement calls being made that appear to not be tempered by guidelines.

Common situation::
It is aggravating when the score is 7-2 , the leader has been stalling for two periods and the ref warns him in the last ten seconds,,,give me a break.....I guess I dont really understand that call because I am not a ""referee"" but I am sure there is a perfectly good excuse,,er, explanation.

I see this as , making a halfa$$ed attempt to appease the other side, when in fact are outraged at the arrogance of assuming we are ignorant.

Pay them more, require continuing education, and adopt a set of standards to go by,,,,if they have standards that they can fall back on,,that eliminates arguments. There should be other requirements as well, not deaf, dumb,and blind.HAR


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