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Originally posted by drothamel
Man, do I miss doing intramural games. I mean, where else can you have that much fun and get paid $5.50/hr? My favorite was one time during a women's game when, after a call, the fouling player came up to me after I had reported and took off the eyeglasses she was wearing and offered them to me. I had to whack her, but I got a pretty good chuckle out of it. Someone could do a great documentary on the world of college intramural officiating.
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Ahhh yes the days of IM ball. At Oregon State I got about 6.70 for a game, the regular officials got 6.50, but because I was a "senior" offical I got the extra .20 (making the big bucks!!!). But you work 8-10 games a week and its your beer money for the weekend..
The "highlight" of my IM basketball officiating career was doing a B league game (called the drunk leagues by everyone involved) between a fraternity and a team composed of the Oregon State football team. We knew it was ugly before the game and well it was ugly during the game as well. Several T's, lots of hard fouls, and hard feelings all around. Football players thought they were still on the football field and the fraternity members just took a break from the bar hop they were on before the game.
While IM ball got me my start (ie doing a regular schedule games), the training was minimal, but I had ref'd prior to that so I knew the rules. The most common foul I gave out was a technical one, but that's how it went. The one good thing IM ball did for me was, teaching me the "attitude" of being an official. Selling your calls, acting and knowing like you are the person in charge on the court, and knowing when and when not to take any BS. Since I wasn't getting paid much and didn't really care to take a whole lotta BS, I didn't. The players I had knew that I didn't tolerate much and my T's dropped as the year went on...
I equate IM ball with doing adult rec league ball, it's not for me and I really don't like doing the games. It got me a start, but I'll stick the HS ball now. There is something to be gained from it, but it depends on where and how the IM program is setup...