GOON

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I get paid to be here and it's too much

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I agree they pay you too much to be here.

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This isn't a credit card dispute on your hands. It is an Airbnb dispute. I couldn't tell you how this will turn out bc I don't know the policies but I do know that a simple CC dispute example will not help you here.

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Wrong. It's both. Anytime you use a CC for a purchase you have the option to process a chargeback.

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Here we go again. Can we PLEASE stop spending all of our future draft picks??

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Seriously. In fact, I hope we don't use any of our draft picks in the actual draft next year and just roll them over to the 2021 draft. Hoarding draft picks is so much more satisfying than actually getting players that could help the team.

Navarra Beach is awesome. Close enough to Destin to go check out touristy stuff, but quiet and not crowded.

Take the kids to Big Kahunas water park - loved that place as a kid.

The Backpacker. That place with the indoor skiing. For parties they would give everyone sledding disks.

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I'm pointing out the potential for abuse.

In today's world, even a false accusation can ruin someone.

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Possibly. And I see your point. There are bad officials, same as there are bad cops and bad lawyers, bad doctors, bad accountants, etc. Some assholes will just be an a-hole no matter what and abuse this law.

But that should be the exception, not the rule. Hopefully.

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That's rule #1: Develop or have a thick skin. You're officiating what's on the field in front of you. Not listening to the immature adults in the stands who like to hear themselves and think they matter.

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Exactly. Officials that don't have thick skin don't last very long. We don't hear you on the field. But get in our face as we are leaving and that's a different story.

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As a referee who has been harassed in the line of duty I support this bill 100%

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I'm also an official, and I've personally been threatened. The assault laws would cover this, yes, but this is a much bigger problem than most realize and they are trying to get the issue under control. Maybe they are over-reaching, but probably not. Most states already have this law.

Here's the biggest problem here. Does everyone want sports to exist in 20 years? Unfortunately, they may not, at least in the way we know them today. We are facing a historic shortage of officials in youth and high school sports. Within 5-10 years, games will have to be cancelled or rescheduled for other nights to simply have officials to cover them (actually, it's already happening now). Is everyone in favor of having high school football games 7 nights a week to spread them out in order to have officials to work the games?

You might think I'm exaggerating or speaking in hyperbole, but these are hypothetical situations that could happen. Older officials are retiring and the younger generation doesn't want to do it. Why? Low pay and a lot of hostility.

Honestly, if you want sports to continue the way they are today, be kind and respectful to all officials and encourage young people to officiate.

Everyone is going to downvote me and say I'm crazy, and that's fine. Don't complain when you don't have anyone willing to officiate your kids' sporting events.

I would have dumped a bucket of pennies on her head.

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Do you ever call stuff Gucci ?

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