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Originally posted by RichardDSalyer:
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Originally posted by Bronco Wrestler:
I made that remark to just add some humor. I will officiate the matches as a professional. On here I am just a person typing away, on the mat I would be there to perform a duty and that I would do. Please don't take what I say in here as truth usually I am just being me.

Alex
The problem with the statements regarding 6A and 5A is they are not isolated incidents. You have set a pattern of speaking derogatorily towards the large classifications. Due to this pattern, one can not take the comments as "humor", but as your opinion.

In the event you do become an official, and the opportunity presents itself to work a tournament with the large school classifications participating, you may find yourself in a position to make a close call, and if the call goes against one of the large school athletes, the wrestler and the coach may be concerned about bias.

There are many high school officials who read the talk forums and only a few post comments. The reason the vast majority do not post is to avoid any potential conflict and a perception of bias.
Everyone has a biased opinion inside. It's just the matter of fact that I speak mine. Other officals do not do it as they might be criticized or not allowed to referee certain places. They choose not to publicly display their thoughts, as I myself do. A wrestler is a wrestler and a match is match no matter what the classification, my opinion of the classifications is my own, but the wrestlers decide the match not myself.

Alex

Alex R. Ryan
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