I referee men’s league hockey. From the time I first drop the puck until the time of the final buzzer I can send fully grown men to the penalty box just by pointing at them and then pointing at the penalty box. In the past I have kicked men out of the game altogether. Sometimes I get a little grief in the penalty call I make but they always do what I tell them to. If I tried to do that at any other time then in the set time period of the game everyone would think I was crazy.
You might appreciate this, https://youtu.be/YyKSn66tlss?si=cRs3ty6mo0uWRIdC, about Mark Ratner who was a ref and developed the rules for Boxing and later, UFC. This whole series (fightlore) is well done, graphically. I think it is very cool that you are a ref, and what you pointed out about the very temporary power it bestows is fascinating. Without some rules, it would be just the brutes, and even the brutes want some rules. How it all differs from the gladiators who often died and who often were captured in war only to die for entertainment, ahem.
Thanks for the comment , I started watching the video, it looks very good. Do you watch UFC?
You might appreciate this, https://youtu.be/YyKSn66tlss?si=cRs3ty6mo0uWRIdC, about Mark Ratner who was a ref and developed the rules for Boxing and later, UFC. This whole series (fightlore) is well done, graphically. I think it is very cool that you are a ref, and what you pointed out about the very temporary power it bestows is fascinating. Without some rules, it would be just the brutes, and even the brutes want some rules. How it all differs from the gladiators who often died and who often were captured in war only to die for entertainment, ahem.