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Referee Harassment: It’s No Fun (For Anyone)

The unfortunate reality of sports officiating is the harassment you’ll take from fans, coaches, and players. It’s killing the profession. Sometimes the harassment is funny. A fan will claim you got...

What I Wear as an Umpire

Featured Articles, Officiating, What to Wear

Baseball and softball are great sports for officials to get started in. Working the field of an amateur game is usually pretty straightforward: fair or foul, safe or out. The plate requires a bit...

Sports Officiating and the Gig Economy

Featured Articles, Officiating, Sports Tech

When people think of the gig economy, they think of Uber drivers or TaskRabbit grocery shoppers. They don’t, however, think of sports officials. But they should. The average hourly wage for Silbo...

How To Become a Basketball Referee: What to Wear

Featured Articles, Officiating, What to Wear

Basketball is one of the most easily accessible sports for newbies to officiate. Basketball is a popular sport, which means most people have a basic understanding of the rules: out of bounds, five...

To: All Sports Fans Who Overlook Becoming A Sports Official

Featured Articles, Giving Back, Officiating

Recently the same question keeps popping up all over the place. What is it going to take to get more people in the sports officiating space? There are many reasons why people don’t want to become...

It’s Time To Take A Stand

Sportsmanship

Yesterday a series of videos went viral on Twitter when a man posted a clip of a brawl between basketball players and the referees at an AAU basketball tournament. The video has grossed over a...

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Packers-Lions & the Officiating Pipeline

Referee Harassment: It’s No Fun (For Anyone)

What I Wear as an Umpire

Sports Officiating and the Gig Economy

How To Become a Basketball Referee: What to Wear

To: All Sports Fans Who Overlook Becoming A Sports Official

It’s Time To Take A Stand

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