Don't let insane idea of referee conspiracy tarnish March Madness Brad Potts. Volume 8, Issue 44, page 25

This article was one of the most interesting ones I have read this year. I can really relate to some of the issues covered in this article. In this aricle the comments made by Len Elmore that I beleive to be accurate for the most part made this a very interesting article. Being in the coaching profession and involved in sports both as a player and as an offical I can relate to this article and the comments made by Len Elmore directly.

First off let me say that officals are human and I beleive that they try to make the right call during game play but due to the fast speed of todays game they are bound to make mistakes. Mr. Elmores comments in this article were fairly accurate in my eyes. I have seen offical turn plays over due to coaches arguments for example in the world baseball series USA vs. Japan the player was called out after an extensive arguement between the coach and umpire, the arguement was about the player leaving the base early. There was not a video review and no call was made during play but through the argument of the coach the call was overturned. Like the old saying goes in baseball "your really arguing the next call" which means that if the call in close argue it "work the offical" as it was stated in the article make them second guess the call, like I said they are human and they can be worked I don't care how good they are or how much experience they have.

I beleive as the article states that the officals do not try to intentially cheat, but human error will occur. This should not tarnish the game people have to understand sometimes you get teh call sometimes you don't and it will most likely even out in the end.