Re: Accountability in Officiating in Canada

Apparently, wearing a fitted hat still isn't required.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Treb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: rec.sport.officiating
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 12:26 AM
Subject: Accountability in Officiating in Canada


> I came across this paper and found it interesting. It is much easier to
> read in Adobe Acrobat at this link:
>
>
http://www.sportsofficials.ca/pdf/CCES_PAPER_AccountabilityInOffi.pdf?level_1=0&level_2=0

[snip]

> We live in a litigious society. An example given was of a referee crew
at a
> high school basketball playoff game being sued by the parents of one of
the
> players. This was because the result of their son's team losing was that
he
> no longer was going to be able to be scouted for college and therefore
the
> potential to lose scholarships and opportunities to play in professional
> basketball.

Cripes.  Now really.  Who would want a college scholarship from a
school, or be drafted by a professional team, which was too stoopid
to recognize that the officials missed a call instead of the player in
question missing a play?  Geesh.


> The State of Louisiana recently passed a law indicating that because
> officials weren't good enough they needed more training. The state
> was not going to provide the training, just mandate it.

Which officials?  NBA officials, or just certain MLB umpires?


--  Scott