FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Jimmy Woods has been a youth official for nearly 30 years, and he’s lost count of how many football games he has refereed and how many times he’s been yelled at, threatened or insulted.
Oh, he remembers the details. He has been surrounded by angry parents following games, told he “has no integrity” by coaches and cursed at as recently as this season by players and fans at a private high school in Little Rock.