....kill the refs...the refs lost us that game typ e people.
My wife and I have a lot of friends in the world of sports. Many who officiate games of all sports. Because of those relationships we have access to not only a lot of sporting events but also some great stories. This is not one of those threads about a great story.
What we have heard here in Minneapolis is about refs getting all kinds of death threats and in the stands fans screaming all kinds of vile crap!
DEATH THREATS
..are you shitin me?! It's a damn game not life and death. The refs are human they make mistakes. People do not realize what a thankless job being a ref is yet these men and women put their hearts and souls into how they make a living.
If you ever get the priviledge to get a tour of B1G HQ ..DO IT. The control room there has a lot of TVs that are solely for watching every call made in every game. Refs are graded on their performance and get that grade almost immediately after their games. According to those evaluations the refs blew 2 calls in one game yesterday and 4 in the other. Thats amazing!
My wife and I are fans which is short for FANATICS but never to the point we would wish or threaten harm to another person because they made a bad frickin call.
So, as a fan base complaining about officiating is a right of passage taking it to far is unacceptable! People need to think before they hide behind their keyboards... text or open that thing between their nose and their chin. These are human beings not robots. They have families and chose a profession that nobody really should want.
Society has gotten out of control and it's because of the internet. People are stupid enough to buy into all kinds of conspiracy theories. Well news flash...rigging college basketball games is by far one the top all time stupid conspiracy theories!
People have been so programmed that "everything is rigged" they honestly believe "everything is rigged". Well it's not. All refs are scrutinized nonstop. It's all but impossible for them to fix games.
And please no stupid articles about games being fixed. The amount of proven games being fixed is so miniscule they are insignificant.
My wife and I have a lot of friends in the world of sports. Many who officiate games of all sports. Because of those relationships we have access to not only a lot of sporting events but also some great stories. This is not one of those threads about a great story.
What we have heard here in Minneapolis is about refs getting all kinds of death threats and in the stands fans screaming all kinds of vile crap!
DEATH THREATS
..are you shitin me?! It's a damn game not life and death. The refs are human they make mistakes. People do not realize what a thankless job being a ref is yet these men and women put their hearts and souls into how they make a living.
If you ever get the priviledge to get a tour of B1G HQ ..DO IT. The control room there has a lot of TVs that are solely for watching every call made in every game. Refs are graded on their performance and get that grade almost immediately after their games. According to those evaluations the refs blew 2 calls in one game yesterday and 4 in the other. Thats amazing!
My wife and I are fans which is short for FANATICS but never to the point we would wish or threaten harm to another person because they made a bad frickin call.
So, as a fan base complaining about officiating is a right of passage taking it to far is unacceptable! People need to think before they hide behind their keyboards... text or open that thing between their nose and their chin. These are human beings not robots. They have families and chose a profession that nobody really should want.
Society has gotten out of control and it's because of the internet. People are stupid enough to buy into all kinds of conspiracy theories. Well news flash...rigging college basketball games is by far one the top all time stupid conspiracy theories!
People have been so programmed that "everything is rigged" they honestly believe "everything is rigged". Well it's not. All refs are scrutinized nonstop. It's all but impossible for them to fix games.
And please no stupid articles about games being fixed. The amount of proven games being fixed is so miniscule they are insignificant.
