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I am a basketball referee. I have done all levels from youth league to high school. I have been threatened to the point of calling the police three times in fifteen years. Every single one of them were in youth league games! Some of these parents are complete idiots and deserve no respect from me. I do it because I like kids....period. I like to see the young kids have fun and develop their skills. After one particularly bad parent game, I was about ready to quit for good (I think it was my second year of officiating),,,when this 12 yr old boy came up to me and said he wanted to apologize for the actions of his dad and he thought we called a good game. This put it in perspective for me.
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