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Originally Posted by Jack Jones
I'm sorry to hear you lost a match. But not as sorry as I am the hear that one official put themselves above another. Please say it wasn't so! I hope your team mate (sic) was mistaken. Officials have no business apologizing for another's call.
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Ok, orinigally I was just going to PM Dan, but I feel I should clear this up.
I was both the ref who made the call and the ref who "apologized". However,
I was not apologizing for making the call nor was I saying it was a bad call. I was merely saying that they did a good job, congrats on chairmans, etc, and that I wished I didnt have to make the call in the first place as I know what it's like to loose a match off a penalty and the ref's arent there to ruin people's fun.
Regardless, I stand by the call I made. It was discussed after the match with fellow refs and those that saw it agreed with the ruling. It was not the first time we penalized a team for such an action, nor was it the last.