Sun Jul 03, 2005, 11:38pm
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Originally posted by BktBallRef
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Originally posted by zebraman
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Originally posted by BktBallRef
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Originally posted by zebraman
IMHO, refs who are being lazy because they are working too many games in a row should cut back on the number of games they accept.
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Unfortunately that's not possible many times. I've found myself in situations where there weren't enough offiicals to work games, and we were pretty much forced to work a lot of games to get the tourney completed. It has nothing to do with "being lazy." You're fortunate if you've never been in that sitch but I have and I'm not going to kill myself during the process.
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I had our assignor once tell me that he needed me to work six games in a row or we wouldn't get coverage for a particular tournament. I told him, "three is my max because my quality deteriorates after that both mentally and physically." He ended up getting it covered... it just took him a few more phone calls than he wanted to make. Off-season ball is almost a perfect supply-and-demand market. The tournaments will find plenty of officials if they raise their pay high enough.
Z
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Well, good. We aren't always so fortunate here.
[Edited by BktBallRef on Jul 3rd, 2005 at 12:03 PM]
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Here either. And pay isn't always the issue. Even the well-paying rec leagues get people who are just in it to get the check and go home. That's just life.
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