[Mountaineer]

Originally Posted by SRW

I'll use your own quote to make a point:

All too often, our greatest obstacle is ourselves.

In Seattle, if we want to move up in our career, we get evaluated. The games we work for an evaluation are free - we don't get paid to do them. The money we would normally earn goes to the evaluator. The theory is that, if we want to work at a higher level, then we should be willing to sacrifice something to get there (i.e.: a game fee or two). Evaluators don't work for free, either. Who wants to go spend a Saturday afternoon evaluating umpires for no pay? My point is that, just like your own quote, if we want to overcome the obsticle of working a higher level, we have to sacrifice something of ourselves to make it worthwhile.

I can see that point. Guess I didn't understand your abbreviation. I just thought you were working regular games for free. I actually pay to go to basketball camps for the same reason. I don't blame you for that. So my apologies for the misunderstanding.