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Originally posted by Mark Padgett
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Originally posted by rainmaker
Boys game this weekend. Partner goes to one team, says, "Do you have a game ball?" Kid from the other team says, loudly, "They got no balls!" Then he looked at me in horror. I had to bite my lip to keep from laughing out loud.
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Juulie - as you know, The Hoop in Beaverton does not allow players to bring in basketballs from the outside. They must use the ones at The Hoop. Two years ago, I was working a 6th grade boys rec game there. At halftime, one team took all the basketballs to warm up. A kid from the other team came up to me and asked, "Isn't there some kind of a ball quota?"
I replied, "Yes, two per player - girls league is different".
He stared at me for a moment, then cracked up. He told the other guys on his team. For the rest of the game, I was the "cool" ref.
I guess I know just how to tap into 6th grade humor.
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I was doing a middle school game a few years ago and at the start of the quarter I was about to administer the throw in and I pointed direction then to the spot and said," Blue ball here." That point to the spot, just happened to be between the feet of two teenage boys.
A couple of moms a few rows up lost it. They were laughing and the kids looked so confused. I explained it to them at the next quarter.