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Without Officials performance from the indi- was just too close to make such continued from page 3 vidual, team or coach is to an important decision—all blame the official. This phe- memories that we can look On a more subtle level, nomenon, called displacement, back on and say "what if?" — coaches and athletes who bash shifts the burden from the What we might look on instead officials are subjecting them to actual source to someone else. is the person with the courage psychological abuse. To "get Admittedly, the officials may to take the game into his/her all over an official" is to say make mistakes, but a chronic hands, and temporarily stop the that person is either stupid, complainer is one who is not game in order for it to be inept, biased or just plain willing to assume responsibil- played fairly. Instead of bash- cheating. This is perhaps the ity. ing the individual, we ought to most humiliating part of being Everyone has a memory or take a few minutes to admire involved on this end of sports. two about an official. The and respect someone with From a psychological called third strike that was those special qualities. We standpoint, official bashing debated, the catch that was in- continually admire jocks and bounds that everyone provides an interesting insight ry thought coaches; maybe it takes more into the coaches. One way of was o»t of bounds, or the to be an official. diverting the blame for poor interference call that you felt x �C A U.S.PQSTAGE t &I.AwfS-0 of MINNESOTA MAR-6'95 u> r A n 0 30 2 . 5005 West 36th Street \�- P "822827--- St. Louis Park, MN 55416-2661 MARTY ASLESON LINO LAKES PARK & RECREATION 1189 MAIN ST LINO LAKES MN 55014 L -v : = Lam_' � rr�� V{ &W 6J C4 •> O t > > L ACC L •Vf L O z 7 ' 0 L a Q 3A WaE-- waav� czlA O -� -- N t1 7 Vi �O t_� 06 C� -- - 4 -