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Two reasons:
1) the Challange. I read that public speaking is the average person's greatest fear. I feel refereeing an athletic contest is even more demanding. It is a real test of personal discipline. Offer your whistle one time to that parent raising cain in the stands and see what happens.
2) The Kids: No referee, no contest except in the school yard. Basketball will soon become a game unfamiliar to me if that is where it survives without competent officials.
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"Sports do not build character. They reveal it" - Heywood H. Broun
"Officiating does not build character. It reveal's it" - Ref Daddy
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