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Jun 10, 2009

On the field...

As a ref one of my pet peeves is hearing, "REF! MOVE. GET OUT OF THE WAY."

Intellectually I understand. The player has laid down some hard earned cash for a chance to shoot his buddies and he doesn't need me standing around blocking his shot.

Emotionally my first reaction is to tell the player to bugger off and move to a better position - after all, I have a job to do here and I'm in a spot where I can see a majority of the players. Later, I would remind the player that a ref is no different than a tree or bunker. You wouldn't holler at a brush pile to get out of your way, right?

But that's not right. Much to arrogant. So where is the middle ground?

There is none. I move to a different spot where I can see a different majority of the the players. The customer is always right.

2 comments:

Caleb Jun 10, 2009, 8:10:00 AM  

I've reffed a fair amount of speedball tournaments. When a player asks a ref to move during a match, it's usually followed by a large exchange of paintballs sent through the area I was standing that I didn't want to be in the way of.
I think it could depend on why they are asking you to move. I would assume it's typically an emotionally charged command to move and not an eloquent please move ;-)

mick Jun 10, 2009, 8:15:00 AM  

Very true! And I should have pointed out that I was talking mainly about rec-ball. When reffing tourneys I MOVE and MOVE FAST! No questions asked! Thanks for the response.

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