41.   Soccer referees are like no other sports officials.

42.   Some soccer experts say they believe referees are vulnerable because their salaries have not kept up with the millions paid to top players.

43.   Steele said it was important for a referee to be neutral.

44.   Socha believes that MLS referees are at a disadvantage because they are lacking top-level experience.

45.   Some referees will always be better than others, but the referees can adapt to anything, more so, usually, than the players.

46.   The basketball referees are restless, jangly, suspicious of a world without carefully painted lines and half-circles underfoot.

47.   The best referees are the ones who keep the game under control without suppressing the flow.

48.   The NBA also gets rid of its two or three worst referees after every season, which alone should get every referee to be at his best every night.

49.   The referee was in terrible position and Joppy paid for it, being stopped in his tracks as his back hit Mercante just as Trinidad unleashed a terrific hook.

50.   The referees were able to reset both games to the exact point at which the lockup occurred.