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Lack of "consistency and continuity
in Big Eight basketbdl codling"
comers cf the Big Eight conference in
an cfTort "to get the league to rediie
that a problem exists.
"This is a chance for the people to be
heard," Stone said. "We've been sitting
so the cdls will be mere consistent.
"I fee! when I buy a ticket, Vn psy.
ir j part cf the oSkials sdiry," Stone
sdd. "As an employer (Stone and her
husband Jim own the Crave Cafe in
upset Ualen btcne. Now, sne s reaay 10 Dacx ana getting Daa omciaung yesr xnes), I know that when an employee
do something about it. after year after year." js nct doing the jab, you reprimand
Stone, a resident ofAmes, Iowa, who Stone said she didn't knew whether suspend them or you fire them."
r'la Viercolf en Tn i Stela f"i h.r ttA nwhlssm wr tfca r!'- rtr tVa rfi1.
fanned F.F.B.O. (Fans For Better (XTi- cials themselves. She said she thinks
dating). She has sent petitions to all the Big Eight cSteials should be trained
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Johnny Overhy, commissioner cf
ofUcials for the Big Eight and Missouri
Valley, conferences, said the petition
drive and complaints about his cO
cials gxe not unusual.
i would like to invite those fcr.s to
pick out any 20 games and find out if
the officials cost their teri my gam,"
Overly said. "My officials do not make
the bad pass. My officials do not miss
free throws. They do miss calls but
that's because they're human. Ninety
nine percent of the time the officials
are m'Mr.z the right calls according to
the ruics."
Overly laiJ a prcLlera is U-.at n;ar.y
ccachea tr l fs den't know the rules.
He said hs thinks his cSicials are doing
en excellent Job this seancn.
"The coaches at the end of the sea
son .1"i have the ri t to rape the cl
cials " Overly sa'd. "If the; f;re all 0
ofiklab, they'd have to f'o out and get
SO more who wouldn't be as good. If
we're that bad, then hr.v come we've
had ofilciab in the NCAA champion
ship game the list four yeas? If we're
that bad, then why do Eig Eight cH
cials fct the tig intereorftrence games
and the big Independent games?"
One of the big gest critics of the offi
ciating in the Eig Eight is Iowa State
Coach Johnny Orr. Stone said Orr was
one of the reasons she formed F.F.B.O.
"Coac h Orr has said it's kind of hard
to coach pkyers to play the cHclds'
StlT.3 S'ild.
G-.crty t:M Orr corriphins r'l th?
time about the cfTieiating in the Big
Eight.
"We can't quiet him down," Overby
Overby said what most Lzx d:n't
realize is the time commitment the
officials have put in to reach the mrjcr
college level.
"For a guy to officiate at this level he
has got to hsve eight to tea years cf
experience L3 a high school ofScial and
four to ten years as an NAIA cr junior
college oSlcial," Overby said. 'Everyone
cn the Eig Eight staff is an ex-phyer cr
ex-coach.
"If the people think the gime can be
pkyed without cCs.cial3,let tlicm do it,"
Overby said. "They can use the honor
system."
&mamt rejs co
with complaints
By Loii GsifUn
A hypothetical situation: Airborne
player A taps a rebound into the br.het.
In returning to the floor, he foals player
B, who had legal position before A was
airborne. The airborne shooter rde does
'not apply here a3 plaj'er A was r;ct In
player control on a tap. True or false?
ktrsraiiral referees have to make
those decisions on the spot every night.
All referees are students who are hired
through the OSce of Campus Eecrea
ticn, according KendaSchede, coordi
nator of UNL intrsstmls.
"It is hard for the students to cS
ciate with theif peers," Scheele said.
"They are the same age that the payers
are. and it can be s very dOcult j&b.
"The g"ip must be givea the credit
for taking the time to cSdate," Sehede
sdd. "They sre students just like anyone
seamen meetings. They cCeiate at least
three gmes in a row, fill cut a sports
manship rating card on their game and
attend one staff meeting per week.
These meetings feature a weekly exam
ination consisting cf 15 tree or false
questions dealing with various fcasket
b all-related situations. 02cia!s must
score a 65 percent on the test the first
week to continue. The percentage in
creases five percent until it readies
the maximum level, which is set at SO
percent. The students also are evalu
ated by the supervisors (students who
are former officials) while they in at
work.
This year's ktraaursl k:-;.e con
sists cf S23 r.eas, women's and faoii
tyst?JItear.s. Campus Becsestien em
' ploys 40 to 0 cScids, cltha?2i 65 to
70 sre imsBy needsd" ' '
Sehede s.?.id a ccmiscn problem has
the ones that fill out the rdnatisns.
They are usually sere because they lest.
"I'm not saying that we have a good
group who r.i
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said.
Schede said most of the cfSciais
wlio start cut at UNL go on to do city
recreation officiating for raem pay.
Others axe lost to gradsaU&a ead still
more simply quit working. This, accord-.
ing to Scheele, creates problems
becai'se new cOcials are eortastly
harlng to be trained fer the j:hx
, recRcoanL3cocfrich!3tobecDsie
'a registered cLIcisl ia c:i:r to main
tain g-ctMty fer the rest cf thdr lives,"
Schsele sdd. "Wa eixosrasa psep!s to
be activ far the rest cf their lives sr.d'
to remain active in the sp::t either as a
csseh cr as an cUdd.
"It must be remembered that these
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have iisve? seen a player pi.:y a perfect .
else and they have homework to do just been complaints about the general
like any other student." caciatmg u the gsr.es,
. The oOclals are paid 13.55 per hour "We get the complaints because we gszas ead Ihave never seea &"ps.a
and are responsible for being on the ask the teams to do evdiiatiens after oitldsta a perfect gsme. I trkdlcve
court 15' minutes before the games each game," Schede said. '1M nine
begin. They also must attend two pre- out cf ten times, the losing te:
Swimmers f d
ttist the c-Sdala do kr.e izzti than
the pikers, theush."
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. Both the men's and women's swim
ming and diving teani3 will have had
nearly three weeks without competi
tion by the time they participate in the
Big Eight Championships at the Peva
ney Sports Center March 7 through 0.
Men's swimming coach Cd Bsr,t2
said the break gives his swfemers aa
eppcrtunity to rest
"We need the opportunity net to feel
rushed and net to be worried about
ccmpetiE3,M Eentz said. It's a tints
when we can concentrate on details coach agreed,
and gather mental strength." "I'm usually a very excitable coach,"
The men's tesra has ta 8-3 dual he said, "but I'm going to sit back and
record. enjey this meet."
Men's and women's diving coach Jeff He said his team is healthy and
Huber said Ms divers are also using the using the three week break to rest and
time to prepare mentally and think prepare.
"WeVe wcrked harder than aaiyone meet with top quality perfcrmssces
else in the coRfsrence,'' Hsbar said, and some great match-ups, Hspert
said. "We wul sum fast and dive well"
The women's Eig E!t Chsxpica
ship meet is scheduled to rca this
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minds, the notion cf a Chinese Firs Drill
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with Iba's remarks about his (Iba's)
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