The referee is less than a person. The referee and the coaches and the judges, they are all so deeply separate. They think they are involved with this game, that they have power, but Tanya Maw and Rose Mueller have hoarded all the power for themselves. What is going on between Tanya Maw and Rose Mueller has nothing to do with the judges. The referees and the coaches are like the teachers who supervise their breaks between classes. They exist only to tell one the rules of recess. They are never involved in the politics, in the colossal dramas that unfold in the minutes between classes. ◆
