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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Player behavior expectations.
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Not men, but slightly on topic.
Very early in my officiating career, I was asked by an officiating colleague to regularly work a boys high school age recreation league in the next town. These are kids who did not make, or did not want to play on, the high school team. I needed the experience. I needed the money. Short drive. Games were on Wednesday nights, a usual off night for high school games back then before Title IX (girls high school basketball) kicked in big time.
Sure. Why not? What could possibly go wrong?
First problem. No adult coaches. Teams "coached" by captains.
Second problem. Scorekeeper/timekeeper was a part time recreation department job for a high school student.
But it gets worse.
Only enough players for five teams. Three games a night. Do the math. Each week, one team played in the first game, rested (usually in the parking lot), and played in the third game.
What are high school boys going to do while unsupervised by adults in a dark parking lot, especially kids undisciplined enough to not want to play on the high school team (behavior, grades, etc.)?
Third game was always a disaster. Needless to say, for me, it was one season and done.
Yes, I, BillyMac, was the first one and done basketball official.
