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Message: [QUOTE="UConnCat, post: 4909253, member: 15"] Because I started the thread, I'll respond. I don't view my post as complaining about the officials -- I rarely post about officiating -- but more bemused at how an official can watch a play that obviously violates a rule of the game and not blow the whistle. I understand officials may be underpaid, but does that mean that players, coaches and fans should not expect the officials who've chosen this profession to enforce the rules of the game? I don't understand why that is too much to ask. I've worked in two professions: in one I was over-paid and in the other I was underpaid and sometimes on the receiving end of complaints and abuse that were unwarranted. In both professions, I was trained, licensed and held to a standard of practice. If I didn't meet the standard of practice, I heard about it and it didn't matter how much I was paid. So, I may still on occasion post about an official's obvious failure to enforce a rule of the game. [/QUOTE]