RefBlogTales from the third team - five years and countingNo good deed goes unpunished- July 8, 2008 You know what should have happened I should have heard from the players something along the lines of, "Well, he made an extra effort for us, he could have said 'No' right off the bat. We tried." Instead, it was, "The ref won't make me play, even though I came all the way from ____," followed by the inevitable, "fucking ref." So, I'm the bad guy again, and I think I went through some extraordinary lengths to try to get a player to play, and I didn't have to do it. Again, it's a simple...http://refblog.com/pivot/entry.php?id=869 4th Official- July 7, 2008 I've known the center for this match for a long while, but we've never worked together before. She got her National badge last year, and I've heard from multiple sources that she's on the fast-track for a FIFA badge. I expect next summer I'll see her on TV working the new professional women's league (they will have a TV contract, right). I only had the fourth today - the assignor was looking for more, but I just wasn't available; but I said I'd help her out for the last game of the night,...http://refblog.com/pivot/entry.php?id=868 What was I thinking- July 1, 2008 OK, it wasn't an awful game, but it certainly wasn't my best. Because I'm not as available for games this year as I've been in the past, I'll be wrapping up the State Cup shortly. But this isn't the way I'd like to go out. A few things threw me off - first was the wind. It threw everyone off, actually - it was very strong and very gusty and it would take the ball at seemingly random times. This mucked up my positioning a lot during the first half. The second half was a series of brain farts..http://refblog.com/pivot/entry.php?id=867 |