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As a referee you are only going to make half of the people happy half of the time.
Too true. As a seasoned player, I've learned that when a ref makes a bad call (moreso, one you don't agree with) you just have to learn to deal with it. Yelling at the ref is not going to change the call at all so why waste the time?

Inevitably, there will always be bad refs. Somewhere there will be a ref that will be biased or not have his/her head in the game but all the same, there are so many awesome refs that try hard to keep the game fair and fun for the players. I don't really think the quality of the refs has gone down nearly as much as the attitudes of some fans and players alike.

If you have a ref that's "bad", that's just your cue to suck it up and play twice as hard (and fair.)