[baseball1974]

I'm not one to blame referees, but I have seen many games where referees have taken teams out of games. Whether its ejecting players, or everytime a team drives down the field and gets inside the 20 they get backto back openalties, and before you know it its 2nd down and 30 to go. Football is one sport that officiating can be a major a factor. If it was the same crew and they had the exact same circumstances then that's no coincidence. It doesn't happen a lot but it does happen on every level. Referees are human beings that hold grudges and sometimes certain situations will look different to them based off that grudge in the back of their mind. My brother in law was a pampas ass and a ref and he would tell me how common that kind of things is. He said a coach said something to him on the first game of the season one year and every chance he got after that he stuck it to him. Refs and umpires both get away with murder sometimes because the accountability isn't there. Most calls are judgement calls and the people put in place to hold them accountable are usually former refs and umpires. So they usually get the benefit of the doubt. I wish there was a better system to govern these guys because it seems like officiating is getting worse and worse in every sport. You don't have former athletes anymore. You have guys that are fans that have never played the game and don't understand certain situations. They see a coach yelling at them as the same bullies that use to give them a hard time and they hold that grudge as long as possible.