[Raymond]

To me it was quality. After my first season of officiating, I was no longer doing it for the money. I didn't mind doing decent-to-high quality girls games, but I had no desire to drag myself to gyms in the cold of winter to referee bad basketball. I put myself in a position that my HS supervisors wanted me on their boys games, especially games where they needed a strong presence to keep things in check.

The first half of my career I was a single parent of 2 with a 50% custody schedule. I didn't want to spend my free time officiating games I didn't enjoy.

I can mentor and teach without being on the court with someone. I mentor a few officials now who work NCAA-Women's basketball. My first mentor when I started out was a female who is now a D1/D2 women's conference supervisor.

I also have a lot of the same thoughts Jeff has on the subject that carried over to what games I would work in the off-season, boys or girls.