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Read the scenario and select the best answer.

Dean, who is working as a long-jump judge, is waiting for the meet to begin. He sees a coach from Edison High whom he knows from a mutual contact and strikes up a conversation to pass the time. They have a few more conversations in passing during the meet. Later, when an Edison athlete attempts a jump, Dean is in good position to see that no foul occurred, although it was a close call. Part of the crowd erupts in protest, and Dean hears one spectator comment, "Guess that’s what you get when you’re friends with the judge!"

Which prerequisite to good officiating has Dean overlooked?

 

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Hint: Dean isn’t letting the fans get to him, but in this case he shouldn’t have given them reason to complain in the first place.

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Officiating Track & Field and Cross Country Methods by ASEP, 2005, Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
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