[JRutledge]

It sounds to me like you want it all too fast. I realize you have worked very well in the other sports, but that does not mean it translates well to basketball. I do not know any of the situations you have to deal with there, but getting a state final in baseball in my 3rd year would not happen here at all. And I know many officials that started working football for years before they got into football, and I have found that it took them some time to make that transition. Even some of the very successful football officials I know were not very good. This might not be you at all, but basketball takes a tremendous amount of commitment to get good at it. Maybe if you want to excel, you need to give up working a baseball game or two to go to a camp. Attending camps show commitment and help you learn things you would not learn during the season.

The bottom line is there is no right or wrong answer to this. I do not know the politics in your area at all. But you say you do not attend camps to get seen because you are working baseball. You either need to learn to get a good balance between the sports if you want to excel at all of them equally. Or you need to realize what the situation is and move on if you are unwilling to commit the time to this sport. I work 3 sports and not all of them have the same priority in my life. And maybe you are thinking because you have success in one, the others will work out. I know that is not the case for me.

Peace