Bart,
The league you are thinking about is the ABA.
Many officials as well as players and staff didn't
get paid.
Chuck,
Welcome to the world of minor league basketball
tryouts!
WHen I "tried out" for the IBL it was roughly the same thing.
And even worse was the ABA tryout.
I got a call from the "supervisor" saying he would like to
watch me work, but there was only one chance and it was
the upcoming weekend in L.A.
I told him that I had a College game that I wasn't giving up and gave me a B.S. story about how opportunities like this don't come around very often and if you don't take a risk, blah,blah,blah.
Needless to say I fell for it. Luckily I had a free ticket so I was able to book a plan at the last minute.
So I was in St. George, Utah reffing, left from there early in the a.m. on Saturday, drove to Las Vegas, caught a plane to L.A.
Went to the Gym, reffed for MAYBE 10 MINUTES!
Done!
A friend drove me back to the airport, caught a flight back to Las Vegas, drove home. All in one day!(Yeah I know, some body call the WAAAAHHHMBULANCE!)
Was "hired " as an alternate. Ultimately glad I didn't work because of the financial problems of the league.
Anyway, hope you catch on!
Drake