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[Southzen]

We all know officials make bad calls; and we all know sometimes they do it on purpose. My question is this: is there too much officiating when too many important games come down to a call made by an official. The officials are just supposed to make sure the gloves stay on and everyone plays fair... right!?! LSU and OU were greatly screwed last year by a bad call. Ohio State was horribly screwed in the BCS championship in 2002. Baltimore was screwed this season. We have the whole NBA fiasco. With sports gambling one of the biggest businesses; do you still believe games are honest and truthful when it comes down to hair splicing scores?
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[Smokescreen]

No matter what, you have to play with the mindset that the umps or officials are fair. Sometimes they're not, but for the majority, they are good at what they do, but human at the same time, and sometimes see what others do not. We have to trust their judgement to be fair and honest. Bad calls get made. It's a fact. Not out of evil or spite, but because a human saw something. One bad play does not lose or win a game. I don't care what you say. It can turn the tide, but it's still up to the two teams to play their best.

As for disciplining officials, there should be an internal audit at times. To make sure things are fair. Review videos of games they were calling. If a pattern develops, then look into it further. It's only right.

As players and contestants, we must focus on the game and let the officals worry about the calls. It ticks me off to no end when people spend more time yelling at the umps or questioning calls then playing the damn game.
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[pbarny]

I heard this talked about the other day.

There seems to be a cold standard of officiating, the NFL. Miss a call get demoted or worse, fired. The league will actually say when its officials are wrong.

After that I'd say its MLB. When consistent, no one really complains but it can vary greatly game to game what is a ball and a strike, but outs are outs.

Than there's the terrible...NCAA and NBA officials. They routinely miss stuff, make stuff up and have to be called questionable about being bought by their conference or league. I've seen a field goal go through the uprights and be called no good in a Pac10/Moutain West game by Pac10 refs to benefit the Pac10 team. The NBA for a long time has had its star system, where if you're the star, you get an automatic 3 point play for driving the lane, where as the scrubs foul out for looking at the ball.

So when it comes to officiating, I come to expect questionable/bad things depending on what I'm watching, but not with other things.
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[LittleE]

I say let them play. Take for instance the "Pass Interferance" call. This call should not be made when a pass is so far out of reach that the receiver was not going to have a chance to catch it anyway. But you see it called over and over. I'd like to see fewer calls made period. It slows down the flow of the game...and this dang instant replay...don't even get me started on it. Let 'em play!
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