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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 4619542, member: 173"]
Every sport has officiating issues.  Goal reviews in NHL have seemingly arbitrary results.  Basketball has games like today where a ref makes a call at the end he didn’t all game and effectively decides the outcome.  Football has this years Super Bowl.  If I gave a crap about baseball anymore I could probably find examples there.

I think two things have happened; with the money in sports now there’s some pressure to have “good” games; if a team starts to fall behind officials seem to naturally cut them breaks to help facilitate a comeback - I don’t think it’s a conscious thing though, which makes it harder to address.  Then high-def, slow-mo & numerous camera angles makes blown calls obvious that wouldn’t have been 20 years ago.

It has impacted my kids interests.  My kids will go to games with me, and they enjoy it as an “event” - but if I’m watching games on TV they will inevitably find something else to do.  My guess is going to sporting events will be something they do a few times a year with dad when they are adults, but they won’t be actual sports fans.  They might watch very casually on TV, but that’s about it.
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