You might hear sports fans yell out to a referee or umpire: ‘I can do better than that!’ But becoming an elite official is a lot harder than most imagine.
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One senior community football umpire said: ‘I was threatened with my life this year and the league did nothing about it.’ Here’s what needs to change.
Erroneous calls increase the chances of subsequent calls in favor of the person who was harmed. What drives this behavior, and do people even recognize they’re doing it?
Computerized systems that automatically determine whether a pitch is a ball or strike promise to make umpiring more accurate, but at what price?
Umpires don’t need to be replaced by robots, but some troubling findings indicate that they could use a little help.
Serena Williams challenged decades of stereotypes when she revealed her anger after she disagreed with a U.S. Open umpire. A racist caricature and calls to boycott her playing by umpires followed.
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