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<blockquote data-quote="ClydeBrick" data-source="post: 183837" data-attributes="member: 1329"><p>This. I been calling softball for a few years now - youth & adult - after coaching for 15 years. First thing I learned; it is impossible to focus on everything and your field of focus is much smaller than most people understand.</p><p></p><p>Football refs have so many things going on all around them that I would consider it a much harder job than umpiring diamond sports. In a game of distance, setting the Spot is of the most importance (e.g. Fluke 2014) and lots of plays refs are out of position and trying to judge where the ball <em>was</em> in 3 dimensions as it was moving. I always chuckle when they measure for a First Down; as if there was any real precision in setting the chains in the first place - it's all eyeballing a football that is 0 - 160' away.</p><p></p><p>It's no excuse though - we demand perfection in our players & coaches, so refs need to get it right all the time too. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClydeBrick, post: 183837, member: 1329"] This. I been calling softball for a few years now - youth & adult - after coaching for 15 years. First thing I learned; it is impossible to focus on everything and your field of focus is much smaller than most people understand. Football refs have so many things going on all around them that I would consider it a much harder job than umpiring diamond sports. In a game of distance, setting the Spot is of the most importance (e.g. Fluke 2014) and lots of plays refs are out of position and trying to judge where the ball [I]was[/I] in 3 dimensions as it was moving. I always chuckle when they measure for a First Down; as if there was any real precision in setting the chains in the first place - it's all eyeballing a football that is 0 - 160' away. It's no excuse though - we demand perfection in our players & coaches, so refs need to get it right all the time too. ;) [/QUOTE]
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