[JRutledge]

Originally posted by M&M Guy
Good article.

The part that surprised me though, was the fact the standard schedule for an NBA ref is 10-11 games per month. I know many officials that do 10-11 games per WEEK. Ok, granted, the JV/varsity doubleheaders aren't the same as doing two NBA games. But even a lot of the "big-time" D-1 officials are doing 75-90 games a season.

I know they also watch tapes of their games, do their own analysis, travel farther, etc., so it's not quite the same comparison. And I'm not saying it in a negative way, just that I found it interesting. Was anyone else aware of that kind of schedule?

I was aware of their schedule. I think they are only allowed to work about 3 games a week. I guess there could always be exceptions but I heard they could only work 3 games at the most. We happen to have several guys in different associations trying to chase that dream of becoming an NBA Official. They also used to have an Official's Appreciation Night at the United Center and Ed Rush (Supervisor of Officials at the time) and he went into great detail about their training system and what they expect of their officials at that level.

Peace