I knew at least one person would argue against the only awarding a perfect 6
in close games. I've argued against it too at times, but whether you are a
referee, umpire, ultimate player or whatever, what you see is still
subjective, not totally objective.
Spirit isn't about giving your opponents things at crucial times, it's
about calling it EXACTLY as you see it
I disagree with this. Two people standing next to each other on the
sideline, even with no real interest in the game, may 'see' a situation very
differently. I don't want to go on about the junior open semi final at
Southampton as I know my views were definitely not objective, but the final
point to me was a guy catching the disc more than 3 feet inside the
sideline, and then an opponent took off who had no bid on the disc and
landed on the player (the sort of horsing that Alex or Rich Himms would be
proud). Gynger was stood next to me and he saw someone jump in the air,
catch the disc and land very close to the line at the same time as two
defenders landed contesting the same disc. Same angle of vision, totally
different interpretation.
Spirit is accepting that sometimes what you think you saw doesn't match what
people around you think they saw. That happens even when emotions aren't
running high, so to be able to do that at a crucial time under real pressure
does deserve extra credit.
I would change the definition of 6 to be that it can only be awarded if the
game was close at the time of a decisive call/decision because I remember
Josh Kyme over-ruling one of his players who thought he had caught the disc
in the U17s indoor finals last year when the scores were level. Josh's team
Airbadgers went on to score the next 5 points in a row and so the final
score wasn't close, but it was an exemplary display of spirit when it looked
like the final could go to sudden death.
Kevin.
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