A Change of Attitude is What is Needed About Sports Officials Part 1

Story by L.T.Willis






All sports officials deserves respect during games.



Sports officials at all levels need to be respected during and after games.
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During sporting events parents and fans need to change their attitudes toward sports officials at all levels of sports. Football season is really about to heat up as teams are now trying to make it into the state playoffs at the end of the season and  basketball season is about to start up.You have no ideal what it is like to be a sports official trying to learn all the rules and your responsibilities.When you are at work would you let your boss scream at you all day? What if your kid heard you  scream at them all day during a game how do you think he/she would feel.You see folks it's like soldiers being pinned down in war where bullets and rockets are flying  all over  your head and you trying to focus on what you are doing so you want lose focus on what is going on. You see it is no different than being a new person working on a job and everyone is screaming at you while training on a new job. Even in high school, college and pro sports during playoffs some officials are going thru training to help them develop. Where else are they going to learn except in the heat of the battle to find out what they need to improve on so they can do championship games and go to the next level in their sports.

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 If you have any kids that are playing sports they are learning the game just like officials going to camps working on improving by going to summer leagues, fall and spring leagues also. Every practice players have to put in the work so they can get better and officials also. So imagine what a new basketball official have to deal with . People ask me all the time "  how do you put up with all the crap you get from players, coaches and fans screaming at you all the time?" So now imagine how a player feels when a coach is screaming all day at them and they are learning how to play a sport for the first time. It is not a good feeling. When your kid has a bad game you try to encourage them. A team can be up by ten points in the last two minutes but the officials gets blame because they lost the game because they blew or didn't blow their whistle. Don't blame sports officials for mistakes that coaches and players make because they are human and so are officials. Don't tell a official you suck because how would like if someone told your kid you suck. I hope after reading this you change your attitude about officials. Part 2 and 3 of this article we will cover when basketball season is about to really  kick off court coverage for two person crews, no calls and charge or block so stay tune.