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Pirate, that's one HUGE problem with officials theses days. They don't have thick skin. To be an official, you have to have thick skin. There is no way that a T should have been called, unless the player was cussing, threatening bodily harm, or questioning his manhood. Old time officials let everything go in one ear and out the other. Newer officials take what's said to them to heart.

Maybe it's not the officials that have the problem being thin skinned.
Could it be they are trying to bring a little more respect back to the game?
Is it possible that there has been a total loss of respect from players toward officials??? And even toward their coaches????
There was a time when players never back talked their coach and never addressed the officials in any way...that's the coaches job,to deal with the officials.
If more players just played and left officiating to the officials and coaching to the coaches their game might improve.