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I concur with the thoughts.
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<blockquote data-quote="Zebra Frog" data-source="post: 3350242" data-attributes="member: 184"><p>I've been watching a lot of games in the past few days. Something that kinda jumps out at me is that when I first started officiating, I was told numerous mentors to never touch a player at any time. I notice a number of officials will pat a player on the butt, or extend a hand and help pull them up off the ground after being tackled. Some of you will think that this is a nice gesture for the official to do, but to me, touching a player, even if it's a "sportsmanlike gesture" can lead to trouble and it's a perception thing. One coach will notice you helped a player from the other team up and in his mind wonder why you never helped one of his players up. It's a small thing, I know, but coaches are always looking for something. They are going to think the official doing that is showing favoritism to the other team. I learned that I never wanted to "never trouble trouble!" You never know when doing something small like that will bite you in the butt! Keep your hands to yourself and nobody can ever accuse you of anything improper. Perception is everything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zebra Frog, post: 3350242, member: 184"] I've been watching a lot of games in the past few days. Something that kinda jumps out at me is that when I first started officiating, I was told numerous mentors to never touch a player at any time. I notice a number of officials will pat a player on the butt, or extend a hand and help pull them up off the ground after being tackled. Some of you will think that this is a nice gesture for the official to do, but to me, touching a player, even if it's a "sportsmanlike gesture" can lead to trouble and it's a perception thing. One coach will notice you helped a player from the other team up and in his mind wonder why you never helped one of his players up. It's a small thing, I know, but coaches are always looking for something. They are going to think the official doing that is showing favoritism to the other team. I learned that I never wanted to "never trouble trouble!" You never know when doing something small like that will bite you in the butt! Keep your hands to yourself and nobody can ever accuse you of anything improper. Perception is everything. [/QUOTE]
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I concur with the thoughts.
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