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Originally posted by Dirk
If officiating is so unfulfilling for so many, don't do it. If the coaches make it so unbarrable, you really should go do something else, or get some rules in the leagues to address it. But if it is too hard to call it even at the youth level, then you have no business at the HS or above level.
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It is unfulfilling at the youth level. The only thing that is good about it is the money. And if some of the leagues did not pay so well, you would never find officials. See at the HS levels and college levels the pressure goes up, but everyone is accountable. If coaches act out of line, not only can the officials handle them, so will the state. You want officials that could not give a damn (really could not give a damn) about what you think to call everything to the tee. I bet you have never gotten a play off in the subscribed 25 seconds, but you want the officials to get picky about rules you think are important. I work three sports and work year round. I have decided that I do not want to work youth sports anymore because of people like you. I would rather work a game that is in the paper or at the college level and deal with that pressure than some coach that thinks he is the next Knute Rockne coaching his "superstar kid." Guys like you totally ruin the experience at the youth level experience and leagues like yours create rules and situations that are never enforced at any other level (striper rules for example).
If you do not like the officials, find someone that cares. I know I do not give a damn about your whining behind. This is a hobby for most of us. This is not our job or our main profession. It is not important for me to make you happy. I know many officials that feel the same way and leave leagues like yours alone. Funny, you never seem to find this kind of shortage of officials for the varsity and college levels. I wonder why?
Peace