Linesman is different because the calls (offside, out of bounds are pretty much entirely objective). Same with umpiring in baseball (except the home plate umpire). No problem with women in these roles, just think that when it comes to arbitrary positions like basketball , a lot of emotionally driven calls can be made...
Once in a hockey game, our Captain politely questioned an off-side call by one of the female ref. And I mean politely; there's a reason we made him Captain, he knew the rules and is very patient. He got a 5 minute penalty for it. Just by chance, th league president was in spectators. (Easy to spot, there were so few). She (the ref) also played defense on a team in that league, C Division. A real piece of work she was. I thought that would not be allowed, but women can do any dammed thing regardless of the rules in sports, and that is part of the problem.
Linesman is different because the calls (offside, out of bounds are pretty much entirely objective). Same with umpiring in baseball (except the home plate umpire). No problem with women in these roles, just think that when it comes to arbitrary positions like basketball , a lot of emotionally driven calls can be made...
Once in a hockey game, our Captain politely questioned an off-side call by one of the female ref. And I mean politely; there's a reason we made him Captain, he knew the rules and is very patient. He got a 5 minute penalty for it. Just by chance, th league president was in spectators. (Easy to spot, there were so few). She (the ref) also played defense on a team in that league, C Division. A real piece of work she was. I thought that would not be allowed, but women can do any dammed thing regardless of the rules in sports, and that is part of the problem.