Officiating

No obvious bias in officiating, and the two teams both played excellent defense. ❋ Unknown (2010)

While I think NBA officiating is terrible, I don't quite subscribe to the conspiracy theory yet. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In American sports fans (and players) have very high expectations of fairness and accuracy, not because of anything inherent in the American culture but probably because the officiating is usually fair and accurate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Their intent of raising the level of instruction, raising the level of officiating, is probably good. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The most difficult thing for players to understand about officiating is how when you're playing defense on the perimeter and you barely touch a guy and a foul is called and then you drive to the basket and get hammered and there is no call. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The game is remembered for controversial officiating from the German referee Markus Merk, who awarded a penalty kick after a foul called against Onyewu. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In soccer, bad officiating is so common as to truly be part of the game, and while we boo and hiss the missed calls we don’t feel that our expectations have somehow been violated. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But I really dislike soccer: the officiating is typically biased or incompetent or both; the floptastic players roll around like they’ve been shot until a colored card comes out, which apparently has some sort of healing properties; and since the scoring is so low, outcomes are more likely to be decided by a single questionable call. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Where you and I agree completely on is the absolute atrociousness in officiating. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If you want to charitably call the officiating a wash, you have to be charitable to Butler. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The host Rainbow Warriors forced enough turnovers to create a 66–66 tie at the end of regulation, although witnesses said the officiating was an embarrassment. ❋ David Woods (2010)

More distinguishable than the officiating was the fact neither team played particularly well. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The U.S. team never comfortably adjusted to the nuances of the international game or the differences in officiating. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Bucks coach George Karl called the officiating a disgrace. ❋ Unknown (2003)

MacTavish, the Oilers 'coach, thought the officiating was the difference. ❋ Unknown (2002)

Oliver refers to Archbishop Laud as a “deep-dyed liar,” and in the Cathedral, at Ely, he once interrupted the services by calling the officiating clergyman, “a pious prevaricator.” ❋ Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 (1916)

Oliver refers to Archbishop Laud as a "deep-dyed liar," and in the Cathedral, at Ely, he once interrupted the services by calling the officiating clergyman, "a pious prevaricator." ❋ Elbert Hubbard (1885)

The thing that was odd to me about the officiating was the fact that they didn't review the time when the ball went out of bounds during New Mexico State's desperation attempt to send the game into overtime. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Boy: So [are we] [official]? Girl: we're [official official] but not official official. You get what I mean? Boy: ... ❋ Thatbixtch011 (2020)

[Tom] was [finally] officially official with finishing his class [project] ❋ Beanster (2016)

1. Sony officially cuts price of PS3 2. "I'm officially [missing you]" - "Officially [Missing You]" by [Tamia] ❋ Lirquen (2009)

YO lock at them aiiiirrr forces" yeah [them shits] official. [ight] dawg!!! im about to [cawp]/cop me a pair ❋ Big Emmanuel From NY (2004)

That [party] [might be] official ❋ Anonymous (2003)

[Take] your [paperwork] and [get it] officialized. ❋ Liber8r (2006)

"[this nigga] is worse than officiality" Man 1 Man B commits proceeds [to chop] of his testicles, kill his grandmother, and [jump off a cliff]. ❋ JAYBOBTIGER (2011)

[The ram] shows his officialness everyday by [shitting] on his [customers]. ❋ B.D. Ram (2010)

The officialization [process] for any club on [campus] is a very [tedious] one. ❋ JimmyKudo (2006)

[A man] [got] [sick] because of a-fish-he-ate. ❋ H.T.J (2005)