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Originally Posted by M&M Guy
I may be getting in trouble for speaking for Mark, but I believe he does it because at that age, winning or losing doesn't matter; playing the game does. Maybe in your area, 3rd and 4th grade games are very important to kids' D-1 scholarships. In that case, you need to call the game with the same seriousness as any varsity-level contest.
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I never said anything about d-1 scholarships. I never said it was win at all costs. I never said to call it like a varsity district final. I said that made free throws for 8 and 9 year olds are routine events that don't have cause for glorious celebration.
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It also takes a certain personality to be able to pull it off, even there. Maybe you and I doing things like that will come off as self-serving; maybe Mark doing it makes the kids look and feel good about the accomplishment. What works for one official, even at the highest levels, may not work for another. What works at one level may not work at another as well.
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I'm sure that the kids get enough touchy feely from the helos but otherwise what you say is true.