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Name them for us.

LOL, Now that is worthy of a good chuckle!
I ate a whistle once, now when I run I sound like a siren, its pretty neat.

It's not really that 2 reffs cant see everything they just don't seem to make the best of calls lately. Particularly this season, its ridiculous.

The merits of the 2/3 man system could be debated all day. How are 3 bad officials better than 2 good ones? At a preseaon tournament, the 3 man sytem was officiated worse than any 2 man system I have seen in the regular season. Just becuase there is one more blind, whistleless official out there does not mean it is better. It is the quality of the officials themselves, not the quantity.

Having 3 officials gives you one more "show" to deal with in an AR or linesman. These people like to talk to the parents/coaches more than the middle official does. They don't talk to the players because that's specifically outlined not to be done. Why in god's name do they have to talk to parents and coaches on the sideline? By talk I mean things like "AHHH YES HE WAS OFFSIDES!" or "COACH SIT DOWN IN YOUR TECHNICAL AREA! I WON'T TELL YOU AGAIN!" (what area?).

It also is cause for a law suit because it would be an extra official especially close to a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick. We all know they could never escape this. They weigh 300 lbs on average!

Guess I've been lucky with officials this season, then...I haven't seen a blind, 300-lb. ref yet this year. Calls I didn't agree with? Sure, I've seen 'em. Funny thing...everyone doesn't agree with everything I do either. Not saying there aren't "bad refs" out there...over the years I've met some whose egos far outweigh their talent...but then the same could be said for some players and coaches as well. So...let's fire every ref who makes a bad call, cut every player who commits an illegal tackle or handball or misses an easy shot on goal, and get rid of every coach who makes a wrong decision, and see what we're left with...I suspect it wouldn't come out to much in the way of quality OR quantity.

"Show me someone who never makes a mistake and I'll show you someone who never does anything."

"Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone"

Well here goes...argue with the clueless "living in fantasy land" people(I have nothing better to do right now)...
No one ever said all officials were bad! No one ever said fire someone for ONE bad call. No one said ALL officials were 300 lbs! You need to quit spinning things Kerry!

A couple of missed calls, a couple of questionable calls, and maybe one or two just plain bad calls are expected every game. The argument is consistent bad calls or noncalls! There are a couple of officials that outweigh whole teams, they just need to move on, usually they are the worst ones(ego problems, trying to make up for being a slob). Bad officials are not common, but they are there and can really hurt the game. Even good officials agree with that.

P.S.-Hippies smell bad!

Premise:
All bad refs are Republicans. All good refs are Democrats.

Counterpoint:
I know of at least one excellent ref who is a Libertarian.