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:
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 ;-)
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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