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Old Fri Jan 19, 2007, 11:06am
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Originally Posted by Ignats75
Dan,

Because to the kids on the floor (and in the end, that is who we are there to help), that game is THE MOST important game of the day. And they deserve us to do our best for them. Status shouldn't change the effort we put out to referee. Nothing frustrates me more than to go to a "lower status" game like a 7th grade girl's CYO game and see one referee never cross half court the whole game.
1. More often than not the Saturday morning rec league game isn't even the most important part of the day for the kids. It's part of their day.

2. No one is talking about putting out less effort at these lower level games. We're discussing this myth that *ANY* game is as *IMPORTANT* as any other game.
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