Refs need to get over themselves.
As far as the fouls go, we are not going to rely on anyone else to make the calls for us.
The refs try their best. Sometimes they get it right. Sometimes they get it wrong.
Refs won't get everything right but those decisions really hurt teams.
The feeling is that video assistant referees and technology are here to help us, especially for justice in the penalty area.
Increasingly, football fans are arguing that the game is bloated with too much down time. The officiating is clumsy.
I must admit, I was born to officiate; I was made to officiate. I miss it. I knew why I was doing it. God made me to umpire.
The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game.
There's an excitement to officiating a well-played game. A lot of discretion, a lot of judgment comes into play.
Mario Yamasaki should just crawl in a hole and never step inside of any type of professional mixed martial arts event. He should never officiate, ever again.
I went into umpiring at age 16. I got into officiating because of the fact that I could not stand the referees that worked our basketball games.
I always liken it to being a referee - if you notice the referee, that's not a good thing.
There are many coaches who talk about referees every day.
I never blame the refs as I know how tough it is, how fast the play goes, how difficult it is to keep up with the play.
I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls!
If I disliked managing, I liked umpiring even less.
I reached the point where I actually enjoyed the umpiring more than playing.
There could probably be a penalty called on every single play. So the refs have a tough job.
I think in most sports sometimes you need a little luck for the ball or calls to roll your way.
