[Ignats75]

I am trying to make the jump to Varsity from JV ball. I took the Class 1 certification test last February. Its customary that it takes 2-3 years before your schedule even starts to contain more than a hit-or-miss Varsity game. I would like to think, and have been told by many referees that I respect that I am one of the top JV level officials in the two Associations to which I belong. The dreaded P word floats around referee locker rooms all the time. I would love to have a full varsity schedule now. I realize that I must pay my dues, so I accept the situation as it is. But sometimes the Politics does bug me, especially when assignors insist that there isn't any. There is a referee that took the Class 1 test with me. He came out of that test with a FULL Varsity schedule. I have worked with him a couple of times in the past, and he is a good official, but by no means one of the top 10 partners I have ever had. There are times it bugs me, until I realize that me grousing about the situation isn't going to help me be a better official or advance my career. So I too think of the serenity prayer.