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Originally Posted by chayce
Basketball is truly a place of high drama. It is a place where man vs man, man vs nature and man vs himself plays out with real characters under the full scrutiny of dedicated yet fickle fans. It is a place where no participant can hide, a place where winners and losers are distinctly labeled, a place where mistakes are magnified into misery and success becomes legendary! This place of athletic theatre requires the careful eye of one who will enforce the rules by which each participant must abide. Stepping onto this stage as an enforcer of rules puts you into one of life’s toughest roles: that of judge (a.k.a. official, referee). After all, why do you think they call it a basketball “court”?
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Yep, that's exactly what I was thinking as the clock wound down and the benches emptied in my 78-37 contest the other night...luckily the janitor came in to take a nap so we had a fan in the seats to enjoy the pageant as well.