Do out of town teams get the benefit of the doubt from local officials?

[4chs]

Reversed......

 

There isn't one official in the state that Officiates a HHS home game that wouldn't like to them lose. Especially at home! Where I stand at Home games you hear more than the average "Bird" is supposed to. JMHO!

 

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[NKY Bandit]

In a playoff game at Bryan Station, the refs called a penalty on an SK 2pt. conversion from the 'muddle' formation. They appeared to be baffled by the formation. The ref's in NKY see it all the time and have decided it's legal and let it play. Could have been a travelling crew since it was playoffs but could have been central KY refs.

 

To answer your question, I would hope they are unbiased but believe it hard not to lean toward the local team.

[Trinity alum]

I nearly always find that when I watch a replay of a game the officials do a much better job than they did when I was watching the same game in person. The only "bias" that I have seen is that in games that aren't close, sometimes the underdog gets a little benefit. I always thought that when the game was not on the line, Jason Hatcher was the victim of a lot of holds from overmatched players.