A somewhat ranting question

[Kim Scheppele]

I should have guessed that Mark would have exposed my general ignorance of
baseball, but as I understand it, the referees are not bought and paid for
by the teams.  Being evaluated by the coaches may not be so bad if pleasing
both sides raises ratings over being positively evaluated only by one side.

best
kim



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Graber" <mgraber at gvpt.umd.edu>
To: <conlawprof at lists.ucla.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: A somewhat ranting question


> Kim Scheppele writes, " If the United States -- like baseball --  had
> truly independent referees, then we might trust their calls more than we
> do in our present system in which election officials are blatantly
> partisan."
>
> As many readers know ad naseum, I paid my way through grad school as a
> sports official.  We were rated by the coaches.  The games we got
> depended on our ratings.  Ain't no one truly independent.  Or better
> yet, we need to ask "independent of what?
>
> MAG
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