This will be my annual year end post on how bad officiating has gotten across all sports but in particular football. The officials did not cost
that game but the days of “officials don’t determine outcomes” is long gone. It will never be fixed until the protection these guys get, equal to a President, is removed and they are forced to stand in front of the entire media and answer questions publicly.
I’ve always said this would actually help rebuild trust, because there is very little trust now. People would get to hear the reason, the mechanics and the rules behind calls. It makes them human. These guys in the booth who they pull in, just protect their own.
There is no public accountability, which would help as well. Fans then would know that there are consequences for a poor job. Right now we don’t believe that anything happens.
And this is my yearly acknowledgement that it will not happen with unions. Until something bad happens and we are not from it in terms of a cheating scandal, fan attack, etc.
Money and protection rules the day. Something needs to be done.
that game but the days of “officials don’t determine outcomes” is long gone. It will never be fixed until the protection these guys get, equal to a President, is removed and they are forced to stand in front of the entire media and answer questions publicly.
I’ve always said this would actually help rebuild trust, because there is very little trust now. People would get to hear the reason, the mechanics and the rules behind calls. It makes them human. These guys in the booth who they pull in, just protect their own.
There is no public accountability, which would help as well. Fans then would know that there are consequences for a poor job. Right now we don’t believe that anything happens.
And this is my yearly acknowledgement that it will not happen with unions. Until something bad happens and we are not from it in terms of a cheating scandal, fan attack, etc.
Money and protection rules the day. Something needs to be done.
