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Originally posted by Jimgolf
Re: Intense 8th grade games
Intense for the players and fans does not equal intensity for the refs. Some refs are into this as a career and view each game as an audition. They will never see a lesser game as worthy of them. Some refs are into this because they love basketball and feel that a well-played game is exciting at any level.
If a shot at the buzzer in a close game at any age level doesn't get your blood flowing, I pity you. If this ever happened to me I'd move on to something else. But, to each his own.
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I think I fall into both categories. Every game is somewhat of an audition but I'm also a basketball junkie. A typical day for me could be responding to emails from a group of guys about sports debates, look at this board, playing a game in the over-30 league, looking at this board and then doing a game in the evening (on many levels from rec to D2).
Maybe it is all about the word "intense" for me. I just don't feel "intense" in many situations. I can definately tell when the gym is excited but it isn't part of the job description for me to feel the "intensity." That makes me feel like I'm getting caught up in the emotions of the game. I'm not saying anyone else is wrong for feeling different, this is just me.