[Blue_Bird96]

if you watch a college game you can see the 15th region isn’t the only referees that are questionable more times than not. But they have a incredibly hard job and I wouldn’t do it for any amount of money less than a fat check and I know they don’t get that. So it’s hard to complain too much. I just hate those refs that inflict themselves into a game and make their dominance shown. It ruins rhythms of games and no one get can momentum going because of all the tick tack falls called.

That’s the problem I have Spud is most people look at it as “its hard to complain” like someone is labeled a jerk if they talk negatively about the way a game was called. We should look at officiating as we do any other occupation. If we go out to eat and a waitress is rude and messed up our order and doesn’t come back to check if we need a refill we have no problem talking about how crappy the service is at that restaurant and if it continues, the waitress will undoubtedly lose his or her job. Officiating is no different. They are paid to do a job. If they are incapable of doing a good job at their position, them KHSAA needs to replace them with someone else that will do a better job. We as fans need to move away from the mindset of “someone is a poor sport when they call out another (man or woman) for performing poorly at their job. We also say “it’s a tough job” but should it be? If your making correct calls, is it really a tough job? We all understand, you cannot please everyone and I can’t speak for any of the other regions since I don’t watch them but In the 15th Region I’m usually around opposing fans during the games and no matter if the call is for their team or against their team, if it’s the correct call, it’s the correct call and they typically agree with it. I know officials that have done it for many years and overall haven’t had many issues. I also know some that always have issues. If one is finding themself in situations every time he or she turns around, then they probably need to ask themselves “what am I doing wrong”. These kids work way too hard day in and day out to have an emotional or spiteful official making it about them during a game. As for the good officials that we do have in our Region, Thank you for your hard work and we are proud to have you!