You misunderstood, I'm not talking about the referee who can't run. I'm talking about the guy who is not always on top of the play. The guy who is 10-20 yards away, not the guy who is 20+ yards away all the time.
The game has devolved so much into kickball, that when the ball is launched down the field in front of my AR, neither I nor any other experienced referee is going to go running after it like some dog. That is why the AR is there, that is his job, to watch that ball. Most of the time it gets booted into touch, or kicked straight back up field without a thought anyway.
I have seen the guys who are more than 30 pounds overweight, and I shake my head like you do, I wonder how they don't get a heart attack sometimes.
