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Tag: Referees

  • The Zebra Report – 9/22/16

    The Zebra Report – 9/22/16

    Since there weren’t any just atrocious moments from referees this last week,this week’s Zebra Report will just discuss things we see every week that frustrate me greatly. So let’s start with everyone’s favorite topic. What the fuck is a catch in the NFL? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines catch as “ to use your hands to […]

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  • Sticking up for the refs

    Sticking up for the refs

    Author’s note: For this article I will be speaking in regards to college football , but the same message applies in all sports. Refs get a bad rap. Every sports fan here can probably remember a game when they felt their favorite team was slighted by a bad call. A bad call so erroneous that […]

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  • The Zebra Report – 9/15/16

    The Zebra Report – 9/15/16

    I was a former intramural referee in college, which I highly recommend to any college student or future college student reading this. Seriously, it’s a fun, easy job that pays decent. I take great pride in my ability to critique officials based on my five years of reffing sports at the collegiate intramural level. So […]

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