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Originally posted by zebraman
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Originally posted by ChrisSportsFan
I've had several veteran officials (most of these guys are tired of the politics involved in HS assignments) adamently tell me that they would rather take 4 $20 rec league games that are near their house, that they can show up 10 minutes before tip and leave immediately after than to take 1 HS $54-58 varsity game that by the time you add travel and pregame to it's pretty much same time involved. They are "attempting" to influence me to follow just the same as if they can keep the local association from the newer (me in my 4th year) refs from working HS.
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Veteran officials who are working rec ball rather than HS and using "politics" as an excuse.....I've heard that before. The refs I've heard that from before are the ones who never made it to the top (either from lack of ability or lack of hard work) and have become bitter and full of excuses. The fact that they would try to influence an official in his/her 4th year from wanting to work up to varsity says a lot about them too. Stay away from those guys and align yourself with successful officials.
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In general, I agree with you Zebe, but there are exceptions. There are folks who do a great job at rec, and have other passions. They do it because it's easy money, but they also give something back. I've known a few, and have learned a lot from them.
You can tell the difference by the tone in the voice when they talk about high school and college games. If they growl, "Aww, it's a bunch of crap" you know they didn't get along with the in-crowd, and probably alienated an assigner or two. But if it's, "Yea, hs can be a lot of fun, if you have the time and energy to devote to it" then you know they are basically fine with the situation -- it was their choice.