Roller Derby bouts are played between two teams. But without the officials, all you have is a pickup game. We are The Third Team on the track.
December 6, 2012
Social Media Guidelines for Officials
An interesting (and very quick) read on what officials should and should not do on social media. The TL;DR version is "don't do anything," which isn't much of a surprise. What say you, teammates? Too severe? Just right?
Hrm. Some good stuff, but >Do not engage in specific play and or ruling evaluation/commentary, whether it be of a game you worked, one that you witnessed or in general about the impact of officials in any sporting event. strikes me as overkill. Maaaaybe the conversation I am envisioning fall under the 'communications for learning purposes' clause, but if we aren't talking about what we see (and do) and having critical conversations about both the theory and practice of officiating with as broad an audience as possible, I feel like we are shooting ourselves in the collective foot.
Obviously, there are more and less appropriate ways to have those conversations, but as long as the community is so small and so many of us wear multiple hats, I think this one is too strict.
Please remember that the point of this blog is that officials are a *team*. Teammates are respectful to each other. Comments are moderated and require approval before being published.
Hrm. Some good stuff, but
ReplyDelete>Do not engage in specific play and or ruling evaluation/commentary, whether it be of a game you worked, one that you witnessed or in general about the impact of officials in any sporting event.
strikes me as overkill. Maaaaybe the conversation I am envisioning fall under the 'communications for learning purposes' clause, but if we aren't talking about what we see (and do) and having critical conversations about both the theory and practice of officiating with as broad an audience as possible, I feel like we are shooting ourselves in the collective foot.
Obviously, there are more and less appropriate ways to have those conversations, but as long as the community is so small and so many of us wear multiple hats, I think this one is too strict.
-Alphabeth