Phil Cuzzi walked into a Chicago courtroom and deflected a reporter’s question as to the game’s biggest trash talker. As sports officials—baseball umpires, basketball/hockey/football referees and judges, or whatever have you—it’s important on social media to be cautious about commenting on gameplay matters, especially in non-straightforward situations that could lead fans, teams or players to conclude that an umpire is no longer impartial or even biased.
Fans these days are looking for the most minor of officiating offenses on the internet, and silence deprives them of the opportunity to distort the truth. No answer at all is difficult to take out of context.
Please follow us on twitter ( like us on Facebook ( subscribe here on YouTube, and continue liking and sharing our content…but for the controversial news items, if you happen to be the featured umpire or have a connection to that umpire where your words could be damaging if a fan or ejected player were to find out about them…take a moment before commenting.
Silence may not be golden, but it is rarely quoted inaccurately.
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