[JRutledge]

Basketball is probably the most fun and challenging overall. I love football a lot, but I can officiate a football game and hardly participate in anything that happens. Being a Referee, I obviously have more involvement and have to report every single foul, but if I am a wing or BJ, I might not do much of anything that night. Basketball is not like that at all. You are always involved. There is always something to do and something to call. It is very rare if you were to have only 10 calls, and that is if you are working with 2 other officials.

The wonderful thing about football, you have the comradery of 4 other guys (at least) to do all your games. In basketball you do not get that same oneness or familiarity most of the time. I have a few guys I might work with on a regular basis, but depending on the conference or the tournament, I might not work 1/3 of the games with them. So every night you can work with a different guys to officiate a basketball game.

Both Football and basketball are fun, they both have differnet challenges and different expectations. You might have to work a little harder to officiate basketball, but it can be more individually rewarding at times as well.

Peace