Mavrik Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 I had an intramural football game tonight at FSU with a bunch of our buddies. 7 on 7 flag football with unlimited blitzing. Officiating absolutely sucked. the line judge couldn't tell me what down it was a couple of hte plays. We got called for offsides a second after one of the line judges declared us "onside" which they're supposed to do before we hike. Throughout the game, we also keep getting called for holding penalties. But the referee (who was a dick, used to work wit hte guy) couldn't tell us who he called the penalty on. Dumb s*** like that. So to top it off, we get a touchdown scored on us and then after yet another penalty i get called for "having a hat on". antoher 10 yards. Halfway through the game without saying anything and then calls me on it. So i said "well if your gonna call me for that might as well call me for this"..and basically dropped trow in front of him as i walked to the sidelines to throw my hat. Got tossed and suspended indefinitely from the league and i have to appeal it before the director of intramurals. Normally, I don't argue calls or anything because i worked as a ref last spring and know what its like. But if your to absolutely F up the game, I'm going to let you know about it. Anyways, I know most of the supervisors so hopefully ill get off. Anyways, thats my story for the night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetme23 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 sounds like fun. Go you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomShane Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 You should have punched someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 You sure the refs were not Hurricane fans Mavrik? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smizzy Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Did your brother accost one of the refs during a routine traffic stop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavrik Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 You sure the refs were not Hurricane fans Mavrik? Well, if they were it would have made more sense why they sucked. Anyways, my friends think its really funny but now I've gotta try and get myself reinstated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawngnome o-line Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Yea actually I referee and play intramural sports at Fordham University in the Bronx, and if you just come out and apologize to the director, say that you got into the game and took it too far, he'll probably reinstate you. I've dealt with alot of sh*t from reffing and that is by far the best method of getting back in to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickkotite Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 so you threw the hat on the floor near him after he flagged you for wearing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn306 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Did your brother accost one of the refs during a routine traffic stop? His brother was the ref. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Dierking Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 I watched Survivor and then we put the kids to bed. Who would've thought that Gary Hogeboom would be on survivor. Even more so, who knew he was in the league 11 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavrik Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 so you threw the hat on the floor near him after he flagged you for wearing it? No we got called for holding for like the umpteenth time and he couldn't tell us who it was on, just says 'it's on the team" so asked him how he could call a holding penalty and not know who it was on. So out of nowhere calls a penalty for me having a hat on. So at this point i was pissed off enough where i was like "here call me for this too" and just dropped my shorts to my thighs as i walked off the field. So i got the boot. I'll admit. Pretty stupid thing to do on my part but at that point it wasn't even fun to play the game anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavrik Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 Yea actually I referee and play intramural sports at Fordham University in the Bronx, and if you just come out and apologize to the director, say that you got into the game and took it too far, he'll probably reinstate you. I've dealt with alot of Sh#t from reffing and that is by far the best method of getting back in to play. yeah im not worried about it. Like i said, i worked in intramurals last spring and i know basically all of the supervisors and the director. So ill probably be back in next week or the week after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt39 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 intramural officiating has always been brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavrik Posted September 16, 2005 Author Share Posted September 16, 2005 intramural officiating has always been brutal. i reffed Softball last spring and got accused by the losing team of throwing the game. So, yeah i know what you mean. Its even worse when you ahve to ref fraternity games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernJet Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 maybe you got ejected because after you dropped trou theyrealized you didnt fit criteria for mens league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormshadow19 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Mav, despite you going to FSU, I do have to say that was freakin awesome, and you're going to get over, so I say more power to you, my friend. I guess it could be worse... they coulda booted you out of school. Not saying they had a right to, just saying they could have tried. Granted, you would have laughed at them, but hey... could be worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsBlow99 Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 You shoulda punched one of your fellow teamates like your jets team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawngnome o-line Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Football and basketball (especially in NYC, with kids bringing in local kids as ringers) are the hardest to ref by. I'm a short white guy, do you think I get the respect I should as a ref for basketball...i don't think so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackLabelJetsFan Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 Hey, I was one of those fraternity intramurals players! One flag football game between two houses my senior year (we werent playing in that one) left one QB with a dislocated shoulder from a tackle - in flag football! The guy involved got suspended. Another game that we played in, our pass rush wound up breaking the other QB's hand from blocking a pass. The championship game senior year for the league we played in (which we won) was on parents weekend, almost turned into a brawl when one of our recievers went up for the ball in the end zone and got his legs taken out from under him. Looking back, it was way out of control, but it was a small private college, and the refs, like lawn gnome mentioned, got no respect and couldnt control anything. Intermural refs were the worst though...we always had guys getting ejected because of horrible calls. Missing holding and everything. I mean, yeah, they got paid squat and didnt have to do it, but they were horrible. One hoops game our whole starting five got ejected, one by one. The last three on purpose. The calls were so bad we decided to just look for ways to get kicked out. Oh, to be young and stupid and drunk most the time again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickkotite Posted September 16, 2005 Share Posted September 16, 2005 No we got called for holding for like the umpteenth time and he couldn't tell us who it was on, just says 'it's on the team" so asked him how he could call a holding penalty and not know who it was on. So out of nowhere calls a penalty for me having a hat on. So at this point i was pissed off enough where i was like "here call me for this too" and just dropped my shorts to my thighs as i walked off the field. So i got the boot. I'll admit. Pretty stupid thing to do on my part but at that point it wasn't even fun to play the game anymore. aww thats not a big deal. you should have showed him your sack, if youre going to get ejected anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakegeorgejet Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 I tried to fix a intramural soccer game at UConn one year. By some freak of nature we had a shot at making the playoffs - just needed a tie. I asked the other teams captain to take a walk with me. They were undefeated and were first seed no matter what the outcome. I offered a keg party after the game, on us, if they just made sure all their shots were off the mark. He wouldn't bite. They beat us pretty bad and our team partied pretty hard that night anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mavrik Posted September 17, 2005 Author Share Posted September 17, 2005 Hey, I was one of those fraternity intramurals players! One flag football game between two houses my senior year (we werent playing in that one) left one QB with a dislocated shoulder from a tackle - in flag football! The guy involved got suspended. Another game that we played in, our pass rush wound up breaking the other QB's hand from blocking a pass. The championship game senior year for the league we played in (which we won) was on parents weekend, almost turned into a brawl when one of our recievers went up for the ball in the end zone and got his legs taken out from under him. Looking back, it was way out of control, but it was a small private college, and the refs, like lawn gnome mentioned, got no respect and couldnt control anything. Intermural refs were the worst though...we always had guys getting ejected because of horrible calls. Missing holding and everything. I mean, yeah, they got paid squat and didnt have to do it, but they were horrible. One hoops game our whole starting five got ejected, one by one. The last three on purpose. The calls were so bad we decided to just look for ways to get kicked out. Oh, to be young and stupid and drunk most the time again I usually don't mind fraternity players. I'm just as competitive when I'm playing as they are. It's just when your reffing say a softball game and they bring their entourage of 60 frat brothers, it gets annoying. One call that doesn't go your way and your hearing it from all of them. I could care less though because my philosophy was I don't get paid enough to give a s*** whether I pissed them off or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlugORama99 Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 Did this thread pique TomShane's interest before or after the pants dropping part? I also played fraternity "rough touch" in college and the referees were atrocious. One of them was named Dick and we always used to constantly say his name before and after we asked him things. There was another guy that had a large, brown birthmark-type thing on his face. He earned the nickname "Spot" and I earned a 15 yard penalty or two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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