The choosing of Referees

Have you ever been to a basketball game,or some sort of sporting event that the referees where just bad? Did you know that all they have to do is take one test,and then they can get their lisence. I don't think that this is a good way to get find referees.

The last couple of basketball games i have been to, the refs have been really bad. They were calling fouls that didn't even occur. They would anticipate what the girls were going to do even before the play came. The game i went to last night the fouls were 14-5 in the first half,and some of the fouls that they called did not exist.

Another thing that bothers me is when refs make things up for the things they missed on the other end. It seems that they sometimes think that doing that will make things better than what they did to the game before hand. Some times the refs just need to let the kids play, they are there to make sure that things don't get to out of control,but they can't stop because of every little thing that happens to someone.

I dont think that reading a book and taking a test should be able to make you a referee. I think that you should have some experience in the game,either by playing it or coaching it. I think that gives you more of a feel for what is going on in the game, not just reading a book and knowing the rules. If you have played the game, you might have a better understanding of what the players are thinking when they are doing that. I think that officiating would be better in a lot of the sports if they did something like that.