well hell,2 HS players in football take out a ref on purpose. and I heard that a college hoops player hit a ref again quite obviously intended to do so. Also heard of a pro Soccer ref getting blindsided by a player.Its no wonder that finding refs for K-12 sports is getting harder and harder. Who wants to take the abuse from parents and have the possibility of getting blindsided by a pissed off player who did not like your last call.Refs at all levels need to ride around in tanks. time?Hope I never see an NFL ref get wiped out on purpose by a player. OTOH, the NFL makes billions every yearand yet all their refs and crews are part time. Even Pro Soccer leagues in the EU have full time paid refs(also helps prevent cheating by the refs)
well hell,2 HS players in football take out a ref on purpose. and I heard that a college hoops player hit a ref again quite obviously intended to do so. Also heard of a pro Soccer ref getting blindsided by a player.Its no wonder that finding refs for K-12 sports is getting harder and harder. Who wants to take the abuse from parents and have the possibility of getting blindsided by a pissed off player who did not like your last call.Refs at all levels need to ride around in tanks. time?Hope I never see an NFL ref get wiped out on purpose by a player. OTOH, the NFL makes billions every yearand yet all their refs and crews are part time. Even Pro Soccer leagues in the EU have full time paid refs(also helps prevent cheating by the refs)