Episode 9 Guest: Mike Webster (Basketball Official/Referee) - Everyone loves their youth sports, but without refs... There IS no youth sports. - Referee abuse is a real issue and it's causing MAJOR ripple effects with shortages nationwide, across all sports. - Losing more #s in officiating than we are gaining. Not a sustainable model. - Quality officiating is declining because there's no incentive to improve. Even bad officials HAVE to get games because of low #s. - As coaches, players, fans... you want to show up to a game and trust that you are getting quality officials. - If you're yelling at officials, you aren't coaching your team. - If something doesn't change with ref shortages, it won't be a pretty picture. And rural areas will be impacted the most disproportionately. - Will the shortage actually impact/change behavior toward refs? - What causes rational people to act so crazy toward refs? - The average person doesn't know nearly as much about a "call" as they think they do...

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